BELL v. LYNBAUGH

No. B-87-401-CA.

663 F.Supp. 405 (1987)

Walter BELL, Jr., Petitioner, v. James A. LYNBAUGH, Interim Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

June 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Chikofsky, New York City, for petitioner.

Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Enforcement Div., Austin, Tex., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HALL, District Judge.

Walter Bell, Jr., by way of Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus, contends that his incarceration for the murder of Ferd Chisum is unlawful, under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to The United States Constitution. Specifically, Bell challenges his detention based on: the admission of his second confession; the exclusion of a prospective juror in violation of Witherspoon; the inclusion...

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