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CLARK v. STATE OF TEX.

No. 85-2232 Summary Calendar.

788 F.2d 309 (1986)

Clifton Earl CLARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF TEXAS and O.L. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifton Earl Clark, Angleton, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., William C. Zapalac, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Clifton Clark was convicted by a Texas jury of aggravated robbery in March, 1980, and was sentenced to life-imprisonment. He brought this federal habeas application, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, to challenge his conviction. He claimed that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that a jury charge was constitutionally defective. The district court, 617 F.Supp. 163, denied the application, dismissing...

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