BLASSINGAME v. ESTELLE

No. 74-2893 Summary Calendar.

508 F.2d 668 (1975)

James Richard BLASSINGAME, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Blassingame, pro se.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

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


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 9, 1975.

PER CURIAM:

Hearings were held during Blassingame's trial — with the jury excused — to ascertain the suggestiveness vel non of pretrial identifications made by the two eyewitnesses produced at trial. The evidence adduced during those hearings adequately supports the District Court's upholding the Texas trial court's determination the witnesses...

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