SELLARS v. ESTELLE

No. 78-1118.

571 F.2d 1314 (1978)

Calvin SELLARS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Walter C. Prentice, Joe B. Dibrell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellant.

Larry Watts, Houston, Tex. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The petitioner, Calvin Sellars, was convicted of robbery with firearms in the state courts of Texas on charges of participating in a robbery which involved serious mistreatment and torture of male and female victims. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment. Sellars has filed numerous unsuccessful proceedings in state and federal courts seeking release.

The District Court for the Southern District of Texas conducted...

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