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LANDRY v. LYNAUGH

No. 88-2076.

844 F.2d 1117 (1988)

Raymond LANDRY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Charlton, Houston, Tex. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Margaret Portman Griffey, Asst. Atty. Gen. Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before RUBIN, WILLIAMS and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

On the night of August 6, 1982, Raymond Landry confronted the Prittis family in the parking lot outside a Dairy Maid store run by the family. Pointing a gun at Kosmas Prittis, the husband and father, Landry ordered the family to turn over their money, including the money left in the store. In the course of the robbery, Landry shot Prittis in the head and killed him. The State of Texas convicted Landry of capital murder and sentenced...

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