CARSON v. COLLINS

No. 91-5562.

993 F.2d 461 (1993)

Vernell CARSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gavin H. McInnis, Hallmark, Jacobson, McInnis & Guglielmi (Court-Appointed), Houston, TX, for petitioner-appellant.

David B. Fannin, Ledbetter & Benjamin, P.C., Austin, TX, Tommy L. Skaggs, Victoria Benitez, Roxanne Nemcik, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, TX, for respondents-appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Vernell Carson appeals the denial of his petition, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, for habeas corpus relief. Finding no error, we affirm.

Background

In February 1985, Roberta Smith and Janet Chase took ten-year-old Carlette Deary to the hospital because of complaints of genital pain. Examination by physicians revealed evidence of sexual abuse, including a positive test for gonorrhea. Carlette said that Carson, her mother...

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