Case Name: Robert L. EDMONDS, Jr., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF TEXAS, DISTRICT CRIMINAL COURT, Beaumont, Texas, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1968-10-23
Citations: 402 F.2d 68
Docket Number: No. 26276
Parties: Robert L. EDMONDS, Jr., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF TEXAS, DISTRICT CRIMINAL COURT, Beaumont, Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 402
Pages: 68–68

Head Matter:
Robert L. EDMONDS, Jr., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF TEXAS, DISTRICT CRIMINAL COURT, Beaumont, Texas, Appellee.
No. 26276.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 23, 1968.
Robert L. Edmonds, Jr., pro se.
Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellee.
Before DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and CABOT, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Petitioner seeks a dismissal of a Texas state felony charge and a detainer against him while serving a federal sentence in Texarkana, Texas, on the ground that the state has denied him a speedy trial while he remains in federal custody. The district court denied relief and we affirm.
The appellant contends that the state has denied him his right to a speedy trial by not prosecuting him in state court through issuance of a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum to the federal prison. This Court has recently affirmed a district court's denial of relief in similar eases. Henderson v. Circuit Court, 5 Cir.1968, 392 F.2d 551; Petty v. State of Georgia, 5 Cir.1968, 395 F.2d 770; Harper v. State of Missouri, 5 Cir.1968, 395 F.2d 769. For the reasons there stated the judgment is
Affirmed.