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CARTER v. COLLINS

No. 89-6290 Summary Calendar.

918 F.2d 1198 (1990)

James Roy CARTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertrand C. Moser, Pannill, Moser, Mize & Herrmann, Houston, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Victoria Benitez, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before KING, GARWOOD and DUHE, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant James Roy Carter (Carter), a Texas prisoner, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. His sole contention in this appeal is that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his lawyer misinformed him of the parole consequences of his plea. Finding no error, we affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

In August 1980, Carter was charged in a two-count...

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