MILTON v. PROCUNIER

No. 83-1910.

744 F.2d 1091 (1984)

Charles MILTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Raymond K. PROCUNIER, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, George Grant Liser, III, Fort Worth, Tex. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Leslie A. Benitez, Paula Offenhauser, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, TATE, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 14, 1984.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Charles Milton levels eight arguments in this his first federal habeas attack upon his conviction of capital murder by a Fort Worth, Texas jury. Because this was Milton's first federal habeas petition, we granted his unopposed request for stay of execution. After an evidentiary hearing the district court dismissed Milton's petition for writ of habeas corpus. We...

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