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MAYS v. ESTELLE

No. 79-2751 Summary Calendar.

610 F.2d 296 (1980)

John MAYS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Udashen, Dallas, Tex. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Charles A. Sharman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

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

FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from the denial by the district court of an application for the writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by John Mays, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections. Mays seeks relief from a life sentence imposed upon him following his conviction for the rape of the twelve-year-old daughter of his common law wife. The conviction was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in January...

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