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EASTER v. ESTELLE

No. 79-1082.

609 F.2d 756 (1980)

Wilmer Lane EASTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Cohan (court-appointed), Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Mark White, Atty. Gen., Renea Hicks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., P. E. George, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner William Lane Easter appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Easter contends that the jury charge leading to his conviction was erroneous and that his current incarceration in the Texas state penal system is in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution because of ineffective...

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