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BARNES v. LYNAUGH

No. 86-2358 Summary Calendar.

817 F.2d 336 (1987)

Robert Thomas BARNES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Interim Director, Texas Department of Corrections, and Jim Mattox, Attorney General of State of Texas, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Thomas Barnes, pro se.

M.H. Montelongo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Before POLITZ, WILLIAMS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Robert Thomas Barnes pled guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a minor and, pursuant to a plea agreement, as a repeat sexual offender he was sentenced to prison for 25 years. His 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application for federal habeas relief asserts that the prosecutor withheld Brady material, his appointed defense counsel was ineffective, and he was denied his right to appeal. The district court rejected his application and denied a certificate...

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