TRUSSELL v. ESTELLE

No. 81-1381.

699 F.2d 256 (1983)

Jerry Wayne TRUSSELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W.J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing May 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott J. Atlas, court appointed, Tracy K. Christopher, court appointed, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before RUBIN and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and PARKER, District Judge.


JOHN V. PARKER, District Judge:

Petitioner, a state prison inmate, invokes the jurisdiction of the federal courts under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for review of his trial and conviction by the state of Texas of the crime of aggravated robbery. The district court denied petitioner's application for writ of habeas corpus.

Although petitioner attacks his conviction from several different directions, his basic complaint regarding...

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