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WRIGHT v. ESTELLE

No. 76-2146.

549 F.2d 971 (1977)

Archie D. WRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Jennings, Atty., Staff Counsel for Inmates, Tex. Dept. of Corr., Huntsville, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Enforcement Div., David M. Kendall, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Richel Rivers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court denying petitioner, Archie Wright's, application for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The complaints presented in this application were previously presented to the state criminal court where a full evidentiary hearing was afforded petitioner and the application was denied. In this federal habeas appeal petitioner submits he had a fundamental right under the Fifth, Sixth...

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