MANN v. LYNAUGH

No. CA 3-87-1548-R.

688 F.Supp. 1121 (1987)

Fletcher Thomas MANN, Plaintiff, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

October 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

Jim Mattox, M.F. Keller, F.S. McCown, W.C. Zapalac, Austin, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUCHMEYER, District Judge.

This is a death penalty case.

The petitioner, Fletcher Thomas Mann, raises four issues by his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The first is that "several jurors" were excluded in violation of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed. 2d 776 (1968). The remaining three contentions involve the confession which was...

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