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SANDERS v. LYNAUGH

No. EP-84-CA-335.

714 F.Supp. 834 (1988)

Leon SANDERS, Petitioner, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, El Paso Division.

September 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Schaffer, P.C., Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

W. Barton Boling, Asst. Atty. Gen., El Paso, Tex., for respondent.

ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

HUDSPETH, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner Leon Sanders was convicted of murder in the 171st District Court of El Paso County, Texas, on June 3, 1981. The jury assessed punishment at fifty years imprisonment in the custody of the Texas Department of Corrections. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction in an unpublished...

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