Otis Ray Fitzgerald v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

After exhausting all remedies available in the state courts, Fitzgerald, an inmate of the state prison at Huntsville, Texas, petitioned for habeas corpus in the federal district court. With interruptions by parole, Fitzgerald has served in the state prison since 1947. So far as the record reflects, he served continuously from March 22, 1954 until May 8, 1967, when he was paroled. His parole was revoked February 4, 1971, and he was returned to prison. His ha-beas petition concerns- a life sentence, under the Texas enhancement statutes, imposed by a state court in 1954…