EVANS v. McCOTTER

No. 85-1665 Summary Calendar.

790 F.2d 1232 (1986)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before GEE, RANDALL and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Michael Wayne Evans, a state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254. The district court granted a certificate of probable cause. Upon consideration of the arguments raised, in the context of the entire record, we are convinced that Evans has not proved that his trial suffered from federal constitutional infirmities. Accordingly, we affirm.

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