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TRAHAN v. ESTELLE

No. 75-2805.

544 F.2d 1305 (1977)

Wesley TRAHAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Dept. of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman I. Little, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., John Pierce Griffin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellant.

Richard R. Morrison, III, Liberty, Tex., for petitioner-appellee.

Before GEWIN, COLEMAN and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

Wesley Trahan was born in Houston, Texas, August 13, 1952. Evidence in the possession of Texas authorities indicated that on December 28, 1968, Trahan committed five felonies.1 One of these was a particularly loathsome rape, in which Trahan and three male companions repeatedly raped Mary Jo Fregia until the seat of the vehicle they had forcibly entered was covered with blood and the victim's blood ran down into...

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