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GRAVES v. ESTELLE

No. 76-3724.

556 F.2d 743 (1977)

William Thomas GRAVES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Redington, Staff Director, Sally L. Ray, Staff Counsel for Inmates, Huntsville, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

John Hill, Atty. Gen., Walter C. Prentice, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

After a jury trial in a Texas court petitioner was convicted for possession of heroin and sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed by the state appellate court,1 and his application for habeas corpus relief from the state was summarily denied without written order. Graves then sought habeas corpus relief in federal district court where his petition was dismissed...

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