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JORDAN v. ESTELLE

No. 78-2968 Summary Calendar.

594 F.2d 144 (1979)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurance L. Priddy, Fort Worth, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Mark White, Atty. Gen., Barbara M. Barron, John W. Fainter, Jr., Ted L. Hartley, Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, GODBOLD and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Paul William Jordan was convicted in Texas state court of aggravated robbery and was sentenced to eighty-five years imprisonment. After exhausting state remedies,1 he petitioned the district court for habeas corpus relief. This request was denied without an evidentiary hearing.

In the habeas petition filed below, Jordan challenged his conviction on the following grounds: ineffectiveness of counsel and denial of due...

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