Robert G. Lemaster v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing appellant’s petition for habeas corpus. Appellant has pursued and clearly exhausted all state remedies. He was convicted of robbery by assault, after having plead not guilty by reason of insanity, and was sentenced to serve from five to twenty years.

We are once again concerned with the extent of the duty of a court-appointed attorney to prosecute a first appeal from a criminal conviction, after that attorney has conscientiously determined that there is no merit to the indigent’s appeal. LeMaster made known to his counsel (in the…