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ISHAM v. COLLINS

No. 89-1254.

905 F.2d 67 (1990)

Cecil Ray ISHAM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Clary, Johnson, Bromberg & Leeds, Dallas, Tex. (court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Cecil Ray Isham, Tennessee Colony, Tex., petitioner-appellant pro se.

Charles Palmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, GEE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Texas state prisoner Cecil Ray Isham was convicted of murder. He appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to overturn the conviction. Because we find the record evidence insufficient to support Isham's conviction, we reverse and grant the writ.

I.

On February 21, 1984, the body of William Glen Seay was found in a ditch adjacent to Highway 337 in Palo Pinto County, Texas. Seay...

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