KING v. LYNAUGH

No. 86-2006.

828 F.2d 257 (1987)

Leon Rutherford KING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Order Granting Rehearing November 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken J. McLean, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


Order Granting Rehearing En Banc November 4, 1987.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

In this capital case, a Texas inmate appeals from the district court's order denying his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because the petitioner's eighth and fourteenth amendment right to exercise voir dire challenges knowingly was infringed when the state trial court refused to allow him to ask questions directed towards determining whether veniremembers...

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