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JONES v. ESTELLE

No. 79-3000 Summary Calendar.

622 F.2d 124 (1980)

Robert Charles JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith K. Sinclair, Dallas, Tex. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Sam L. Jones, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the district court's denial of a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for habeas corpus relief from a conviction and sentence imposed on Robert Jones by the Texas state courts.

In 1973 Jones was convicted of robbery by assault. He was sentenced to life imprisonment under the Texas habitual offender statute. Tex. Penal Code Ann. art. 63 (1962) (repealed and recodified as Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.42(d)). His...

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