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THOMPSON v. ESTELLE

No. 80-1329.

642 F.2d 996 (1981)

William THOMPSON, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Etc., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

April 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Taylor, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Mark White, Atty. Gen., John W. Fainter, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Ted L. Hartley, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., W. Barton Boling, Joe Foy, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, CHARLES CLARK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

William Sonny Thompson, Jr., appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief. Thompson was convicted of murder with malice and is presently serving a life sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections. He urges that evidence of four prior uncounselled convictions was improperly admitted at the punishment stage of his state court trial and that its admission adversely influenced the jury's assessment...

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