YEAGER v. ESTELLE

No. 73-2656 Summary Calendar.

489 F.2d 276 (1973)

James Douglas McArthur YEAGER, #226841, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied April 1, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Douglas McArthur Yeager, pro se.

Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 1, 1974. See 94 S.Ct. 1616.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the denial of a habeas corpus petition, raising the sole question of whether the district court erred in concluding that a 500 year sentence assessed by a jury finding him guilty of murder with malice constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment.1 We affirm.

In reviewing appellant's claim we are governed...

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