Howard E. Hultin v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

DYER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, now serving a state imposed life sentence for murder with malice aforethought, appeals from the District Court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

At the age of sixteen, appellant stabbed two minors, injuring Michael Lethcoe and killing Linda Ruble. The state brought charges against appellant in the juvenile court 1 *seeking to have him declared a delinquent child solely on the basis of the non-fatal assault. Appellant’s counsel filed a supplemental petition presenting the fatal assault to the court. The state moved to strike this petition, but…