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MORLETT v. LYNAUGH

No. 87-2014.

851 F.2d 1521 (1988)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Gutierrez, Corpus Christi, Tex. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

David B. Fannin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GARWOOD and JONES, Circuit Judges, and HITTNER, District Judge.

HITTNER, District Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Rodolfo Morlett, a state prisoner in the Texas Department of Corrections who was convicted of tampering with a witness and sentenced to life imprisonment, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Prior to Morlett's indictment for tampering with a witness, a Texas state court tried him for...

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