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WILLIAMS v. ESTELLE

No. 73-3854.

500 F.2d 206 (1974)

Harry Lee WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, and C. V. Kern, Sheriff, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 6, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Aderholt, Houston, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Joe Moss, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Tex., for C. V. Kern.

Dunklin Sullivan, Sarah Shirley, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for W. J. Estelle.

Before TUTTLE, COLEMAN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Harry Lee Williams appeals from denial of habeas corpus by the district court. He was convicted of assault with intent to kill with malice aforethought in a Texas state court in November 1970. The principal contention in this proceeding is that petitioner's right to due process of law was violated when he was compelled to wear a prison uniform1 at his jury trial,2 despite...

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