Van Ray Mills v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Van Ray Mills, appellant, from the denial of habeas corpus in a Texas state criminal matter.

The facts are succinctly stated by respondent Beto, Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, in his brief as follows:

In 1954, while imprisoned in the State of Oklahoma, Appellant was charged in Grayson County, Texas, with the criminal offense of forgery and passing. The Texas authorities issued an arrest warrant on this charge and also lodged a detainer against him at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. In December, 1958, Appellant escaped from the…