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BIRD v. COLLINS

No. 90-2378.

924 F.2d 67 (1991)

Jerry Joe BIRD, 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 March 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Tinker, Tinker, Tor & Brown, Corpus Christi, Tex. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Andrea L. March, Robert S. Walt, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Jerry Joe Bird appeals from the denial by a United States District Court of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Bird was convicted of capital murder in October 1977, and sentenced to death by a Texas jury.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Bird's conviction. Bird v. State, 692 S.W.2d 65 (Tex.Crim.App.1985). This conviction and sentence is his second...

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