URESTI v. LYNAUGH

No. 86-2229 Summary Calendar.

821 F.2d 1099 (1987)

Joseph Manuel URESTI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James, A. LYNAUGH, Interim Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Manuel Uresti, pro se.

Liz Bills, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Margaret Portman Griffey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, WILLIAMS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Manuel Uresti, represented by court-appointed counsel, pled guilty in the state district court in Houston, Texas, to the felony offense of aggravated rape. On March 15, 1977, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison pursuant to a plea agreement with the state. There was no direct appeal. He has exhausted state court remedies in two habeas applications, which were denied without written order on June 14, 1978 and October 20, 1982...

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