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WILLIAMS v. LYNAUGH

No. 88-2131.

837 F.2d 1294 (1988)

Calvin Joseph WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, and The Honorable Jim Mattox, Attorney General of Texas, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Washington, Lampley, Evans & Braquet, Craig A. Washington, Houston, Tex., Richard H. Burr, III, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Bob Walt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Calvin Joseph Williams was convicted in state district court on August 26, 1980, of capital murder during the course of committing burglary of a habitation. In a separate sentencing hearing on the next day, he was sentenced to death. His conviction was affirmed on appeal.

Since that time, three execution dates have been set aside, four petitions for habeas corpus have been heard and denied in state courts and one in federal court, the denial affirmed...

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