OPINION
BURGESS, Justice.
Glenn Earl Martin was convicted of capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. This occurred in July 1977. Martin filed a pro se notice of appeal, but this was four days beyond the time allowed to give notice of appeal. Martin then exhausted state habeas corpus remedies and began a legal journey through the federal courts. On July 18, 1984, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed...
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