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EVANS v. McCOTTER

No. 86-1849.

805 F.2d 1210 (1986)

Michael Wayne EVANS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. O.L. McCOTTER, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Brice Cunningham, Walter L. Irvin, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Paula Offenhauser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEE, RANDALL and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Michael Wayne Evans was convicted by a Texas jury of capital murder and was sentenced to death.1 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the judgment and remanded for a new trial because certain prospective jurors were improperly excused in light of Adams v. Texas, 448 U.S. 38, 100 S.Ct. 2521, 65 L.Ed.2d 581 (1980). Evans v. State, 614 S.W.2d 414...

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