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JACKSON v. ESTELLE

No. 76-2944 Summary Calendar.

548 F.2d 617 (1977)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin James Jackson, pro se.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Jack B. Boone, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, Jr., 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Jr., Anita Ashton, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 12, 1977.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Benjamin James Jackson appeals from a District Court's denial of his habeas corpus petition.

Jackson, accompanied by counsel, pleaded guilty to murder in a Texas state court and did not appeal. His state habeas corpus petition was denied after a hearing. In this federal habeas petition he raises substantially the same issues as in his state petition: that alleged...

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