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RIVERA v. COLLINS

No. 90-8410 Summary Calendar.

934 F.2d 658 (1991)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucio G. Rivera, pro se.

S. Michael Bozarth and Jim Mattox, Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Lucio G. Rivera, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, appeals the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. We find no reversible errors and affirm.

I.

Petitioner Lucio G. Rivera, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, is currently serving a forty year sentence for intentional murder. He killed Leslie Massengill in March of 1978 while on spring break from his first year in law school. Rivera was originally found incompetent...

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