CHILDS v. COLLINS

No. 91-1873.

995 F.2d 67 (1993)

Darrell Windell CHILDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, TX, (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

S. Michael Bozarth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for respondent-appellee.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Darrell Windell Childs appeals the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court's denial of Childs's petition.

I.

On August 18, 1988, Childs was convicted in a Texas court on charges of aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment. Childs did not timely file a notice of appeal of that conviction...

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