U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 86-1478.

819 F.2d 605 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marshall Dewayne WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erik S. Goodman, Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Marshall D. Williams, pro se.

Sidney Powell, Terence J. Hart, J. Michael Worley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, REAVLEY, and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 22, 1987.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Marshall Williams appeals the district court's denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. Williams presents two constitutional claims. He first argues that the district court should have held a competency hearing. Williams also argues that he was in fact incompetent. Although similar, those two claims involve two separate rights, one procedural and the other substantive...

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