BEAM v. ESTELLE

No. 76-2855.

558 F.2d 782 (1977)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Robert E. DeLong, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellant.

H. Kelly Ireland, Tyler, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, AINSWORTH and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 6, 1977.

PER CURIAM:

The state, as appellant, seeks reversal of the district court's grant of petitioner's habeas corpus petition. We agree with the state that petitioner suffered no constitutional deprivation at his trial, and therefore we reverse the district court.1

At petitioner's trial for armed robbery, the state introduced evidence that petitioner stated to the arresting...

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