William C. Becker v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

On September 2, 1965, this appellant was convicted by a jury in a Texas state court of the crime of armed robbery. An appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was, at his request in open court, dismissed. On July 18, 1966, the petition for habeas corpus relief was filed in the United States District Court. Two of the three asserted grounds for relief were predicated upon Miranda v. State of Arizona 1 and United States v. Wade. 2 Since these decisions are not to be given retrospective effect, 3 these contentions, even if otherwise meritorious, are of no avail. The conviction antedated…