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ESQUIVEL v. McCOTTER

No. 85-2074.

777 F.2d 956 (1985)

Rudy Ramos ESQUIVEL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. O.L. McCOTTER, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before REAVLEY, POLITZ, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 20, 1985.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Under capital sentence for the murder of a police officer, Texas state prisoner Rudy Ramos Esquivel appeals the denial of his petition for habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Being in full accord with the trial court's ruling, we affirm.

Esquivel was indicted in 1978 for the murder of Houston police officer Timothy Hearn during an incident in which Esquivel also wounded...

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