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ALEXANDER v. McCOTTER

No. 84-2539 Summary Calendar.

775 F.2d 595 (1985)

Benny Dale ALEXANDER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. O.L. McCOTTER, Director, of Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benny Dale Alexander, pro se.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., James O. Kopp, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge.

Benny Dale Alexander, a state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his July 1981 Texas conviction for burglary for which he received, after enhancement for a prior felony, a forty year sentence. The appellant claims on appeal that he is entitled to relief on four separate grounds, each of which the district court rejected without an...

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