Ex Parte Kallie

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding under Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P., and in accordance with Ex parte Young, Tex.Cr.App., 418 S.W.2d 824, in which the petitioner seeks his release from confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. He was represented by retained counsel at his trial. The state was seeking the death penalty; the jury assessed the punishment at life for the offense of murder with malice. Notice of appeal was given by retained counsel. Thereafter, the case reached this court without a statement of facts, no trial court brief, and no grounds of error were…