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BRANTLEY v. McKASKLE

No. 82-1424.

722 F.2d 187 (1984)

Ronald Ray BRANTLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dan V. McKASKLE, Acting Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia Wilson Frost, Houston, Tex. (Court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before WISDOM, REAVLEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

The defendant, Ronald Ray Brantley, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Brantley exhausted his state remedies and now appeals the denial by a federal district court of his application for a federal writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the denial of the writ.

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