Hollis Jordan v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Hollis Jordan, a Texas prisoner in the respondent-appellee Dr. Beto’s custody by virtue of a state court conviction in De Witt County, Texas for passing a forged instrument as true, was denied habeas corpus relief by the district court below.

Prior to applying to the court below Jordan exhausted state remedies available to him when he unsuccessfully sought habeas relief from his Texas trial court and from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Relief was denied by the state courts without a hearing. 1 Sensitive to the requirements of Townsend v. Sain, 1963, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d…