GRIGSBY v. ESTELLE

No. 74-1626. Summary Calendar.

500 F.2d 394 (1974)

Eugene Green GRIGSBY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Green Grigsby, pro se.

Robert Darden, Jack Boone, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant asserts his state murder conviction failed to conform to the standards of due process imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment because he was denied effective assistance of counsel. We express no opinion on the merits of his assertions, but remand for an evidentiary hearing.

In both the Court below and in a state habeas corpus proceeding, Grigsby particularized his complaints, (i) failure to subpoena several character witnesses requested by...

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