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WOODARD v. COLLINS

No. 89-1374.

898 F.2d 1027 (1990)

John Simon WOODARD, Petitioner-Appellee, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Palmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellant.

Michael P. Heiskell, Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell, Ft. Worth, Tex. (court appointed), for petitioner-appellee and John Simon Woodard, pro se.

Before WISDOM, JOHNSON and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.

Who's on First?

Woodard was indicted in Texas state court for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, pled guilty, and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Woodard now seeks relief via habeas corpus.

Woodard was indicted for robbing three businesses in the Fort Worth area: a Taco Bell, a Quick N E-Z food store, and a Safeway grocery store. Woodard's attorney, Stephen Maxwell, investigated the Taco Bell robbery but...

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