MORENO v. ESTELLE

No. 82-1417.

717 F.2d 171 (1983)

Jerry Carlo MORENO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W.J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, and Jim Mattox, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary L. Sinderson, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Charles A. Palmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEE, GARZA and TATE, Circuit Judges.


TATE, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner Moreno, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, appeals to this court from the denial of his application for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Moreno was convicted in state court of aggravated assault after trial by jury, and sentenced to life imprisonment pursuant to the enhancement provisions of the Texas habitual offender statute, Texas Penal Code &...

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