BLACK v. COLLINS

No. 92-2375.

962 F.2d 394 (1992)

Robert V. BLACK, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied June 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raoul D. Schonemann, Virginia C. Lindsay, Texas Resource Center, Austin, Tex., Mandy Welch, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Stephanie A. Stelmach, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied June 15, 1992. See 112 S.Ct. 2983.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Robert V. Black, Jr., was convicted in a Texas court of hiring a man to kill his wife, Sandra Black, and sentenced to death. After exhausting his state remedies, Black filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court. The district court denied relief on all claims, and refused to grant a certificate of probable cause to appeal. Black now applies to this court for a certificate...

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