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SKILLERN v. ESTELLE

No. 82-2492.

720 F.2d 839 (1983)

Doyle Edward SKILLERN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W.J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon E. Salyer, Corpus Christi, Tex. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Leslie A. Benitez, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before RUBIN, TATE and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 5, 1984.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner Skillern, a Texas state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals from the denial without an evidentiary hearing of his application for federal habeas relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Skillern and a codefendant Sanne were convicted of murdering Patrick Randel, a state narcotics agent. The victim Randel and the codefendant Sanne had been sitting in Randel's car at a roadside...

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