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BASS v. ESTELLE

No. 82-2341.

696 F.2d 1154 (1983)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Simonton, Tex., Stanley Schneider, Houston, Tex., Stefan Presser, ACLU, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before GOLDBERG, GEE and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In 1979 Appellant Bass murdered a uniformed police officer who, having caught Bass red-handed with loot from a bar robbery that he had just committed, was attempting to apprehend him. His state conviction and death sentence were confirmed on direct appeal. Bass v. State, 622 S.W.2d 101 (Tex.Cr.App.1981), cert. denied 456 U.S. 965, 102 S.Ct. 2046, 72 L.Ed.2d 491 (1982). Bass then exhausted state...

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