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MONROE v. COLLINS

No. 90-1298.

951 F.2d 49 (1992)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Nation, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

R. Ray Buvia, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

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

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

On May 11, 1981, petitioner-appellant Allen Levi Monroe (Monroe) was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a Texas court and was sentenced to the maximum term of twenty years' imprisonment. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction and sentence on April 3, 1985. Monroe v. State, 689 S.W.2d 450 (Tex. Crim.App.1985). He later filed in federal district court the instant petition for...

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