Joseph Felice Burge v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Appellant was convicted in Texas state court of burglary with intent to rape. After exhausting state remedies he -sought federal habeas corpus which was denied without evidentiary hearing and he appeals therefrom. We affirm.

At a time when appellant was in jail police officers from Texas went to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where, with local officers and without a search warrant, they en tered and searched the residence of appellant and found strongly incriminating evidence that was introduced at appellant’s trial. The trial court conducted a motion to suppress hearing at which one of the Texas officers…