Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit September 19, 1973, 73-2521 (Charles Edward Hardin v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections)

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

In September, 1969, a jury in the Texas District Court at Midland convicted Charles Edward Hardin of robbery by assault. As a recidivist he was sentenced to imprisonment for life. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, 471 S.W.2d 60. He sought federal habeas corpus relief on the same grounds asserted in the Texas Courts, i. e.