POWERS v. ESTELLE

No. 74-2824.

536 F.2d 1035 (1976)

Charles A. POWERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman E. Lanford, Houston, Tex. (Court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Sam R. Wilson, Calvin Botley, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM and DYER, Circuit Judges, and KRAFT, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, Powers, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the 179th District Court of Harris County, Texas for the offense of murder with malice, after a jury trial which resulted in a guilty verdict. His conviction was affirmed on his appeal, which did not raise the question later presented by his post-conviction state and federal habeas corpus proceedings.

After exhaustion of his state remedies without avail, Powers filed his application for writ...

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