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JOHNSON v. LYNAUGH

No. 87-2677.

821 F.2d 224 (1987)

Elliott Rod JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott Rod Johnson, pro se.

James Rebholz, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

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

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

BY THE COURT:

In this pro se, successive, delayed petition, Elliott Rod Johnson asserts four grounds of constitutional error in his trial for capital murder at which Johnson received the death penalty. The chronology of this case is as follows:

April 8, 1982       — Murder of Joe Angel Granado
May 13, 1982        — Johnson indicted
May 25-6, 1983      — Trial
Oct. 31, 1984       — Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirms,...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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