O. B. Ellis, General Manager, Texas Prison System, and State of Texas v. Merle Wayne Ellisor

The District Court granted a Writ of Habeas Corpus on application of the ap-pellee. A full opinion of the Court recited the facts from which the proceeding arose in which are set forth its reasons for the issuance of the Writ. In re Ellisor’s Petition, D.C., 140 F.Supp. 720. The appellee was convicted of murder in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas. The verdict assessed the death penalty. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. Ellisor v. State of Texas, 282 S.W.2d 393. After the mandate of the Appellate Court, the appel-lee was brought before…