CUNNINGHAM v. ESTELLE

No. 76-1238 Summary Calendar.

536 F.2d 82 (1976)

James Otis CUNNINGHAM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Otis Cunningham, pro se.

Stephen J. Wilkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, GEE and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

James Otis Cunningham, who was denied habeas relief below from his murder conviction in Texas state courts, claims on appeal that he was denied due process by incompetent counsel, by prejudicial pretrial publicity, and by the racial composition and means of selection of the grand jury that indicted him, the petit jury array, and perhaps the petit jury that tried him. Finding against appellant on all issues, we affirm.

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