Powell v. State

KRUCKER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

On August 1, 1971, petitioner, while in the custody of Texas authorities, was questioned about a robbery of a 7-11 convenience market in El Paso, Texas. Shortly after this interrogation, petitioner was released to Arizona authorities for trial on a pending Arizona charge; he was subsequently convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the Arizona State Prison. On November 11, 1971, while petitioner was serving his sentence, an indictment charging him with the crime for which he had been…