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BRUCE v. ESTELLE

No. 75-3284.

536 F.2d 1051 (1976)

Robert Vernon BRUCE, Petitioner-Appellant. v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Pleasant, Dallas, Tex., Michael Anthony Maness, Houston, Tex., Timothy A. Duffy, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Ronald D. Hinds, Dallas, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

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

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This appeal caps a series of protracted postconviction proceedings designed to determine whether Robert Bruce was legally competent to stand trial for the murder of his wife in 1965. Pursuant to our mandate in Bruce's last appeal, the district court conducted a nunc pro tunc competency hearing and concluded that petitioner did not suffer from any mental illness which would interfere with his ability to assist in his own defense and factually...

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