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HAWKINS v. COLLINS

No. 88-1995.

980 F.2d 975 (1992)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 27, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford L. Harrison, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Margaret P. Griffey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., William C. Zapalac, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 27, 1993.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

I

Samuel Christopher Hawkins was convicted of capital murder by a jury in the 99th Judicial District Court of Lubbock County, Texas on March 15, 1978, and after a sentencing hearing was sentenced to death. The Texas jury convicted Hawkins, a black man, for the rape and murder of Abbe Rodgers Hamilton, a pregnant...

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