MORAN v. ESTELLE

No. 78-3401.

607 F.2d 1140 (1979)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Anthony Maness, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Douglas M. Becker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM, HILL and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Thomas Moran seeks reversal of the judgment of the district court denying habeas corpus relief from a 30-year sentence for robbery imposed by a Texas jury. The asserted error involves the presentation to the jury of evidence of a 1963 Louisiana conviction to enhance appellant's punishment for the robbery conviction. Appellant asserts that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to...

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