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JOHNSON v. McCOTTER

No. 86-2404.

794 F.2d 1011 (1986)

Elliott Rod JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. O.L. McCOTTER, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Jerry Peterson, Warden, Ellis Unit Texas Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dunn & Kelley, Sam Dunn, Orange, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents-appellees.

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

PER CURIAM:

This cause is on appeal from an order of the district court denying an initial request for federal habeas corpus relief to Elliott Rod Johnson. Johnson has filed an application in this court for an original writ of habeas corpus, a stay of execution and leave to proceed in forma pauperis. We pretermit a ruling on the application for habeas corpus but grant the stay and certificate of probable cause to appeal.

Johnson was convicted of capital murder...

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