RUSSELL v. COLLINS

No. 91-2987.

944 F.2d 202 (1991)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius L. Chambers, George H. Kendall, New York City, Lynn B. Lamberty, David Cunningham, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Enforcement Div., Margaret Portman Griffey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

James Russell appeals the denial of his motions related to his second petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He was convicted by a jury of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1977. He is scheduled to be executed on September 19, 1991. This court has reviewed the pleadings, memoranda, and exhibits filed before it and in the actions both in the state court and in the district court...

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