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JONES v. McCOTTER

No. 84-1401 Summary Calendar.

767 F.2d 101 (1985)

Jessie Ray JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. O.L. McCOTTER, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Bush, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Leslie A. Benitez, Asst. Atty. Gen., Duane E. Crowley, Jr., Enforcement Div., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

On January 15, 1974, William Cain was murdered in a convenience store robbery in Dallas, Texas. Later that year, Jessie Ray Jones, the petitioner herein, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for capital murder arising out of Cain's death.1 On appeal, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. Jones v. State, 568 S.W.2d 847 (Tex.Crim.App.1978). The Supreme Court of the United...

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