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CAPPS v. COLLINS

No. 89-1930 Summary Calendar.

900 F.2d 58 (1990)

Thomas Lee CAPPS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 4, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken J. McLean, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Lee Capps appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition, claiming insufficiency of the evidence, denial of his right to confrontation, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no merit to Capps' assignments of error, we affirm.

Background

Capps was convicted by a Texas state jury of aggravated rape and sentenced to 75 years imprisonment. At trial the complaining witness testified...

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