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WILLIAMS v. COLLINS

No. 91-7196.

989 F.2d 841 (1993)

J.W. WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Williams, pro se.

Charles A. Palmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Collins.

Before KING and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and HALL, District Judge.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, J.W. Williams, a prisoner currently serving a life sentence in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, appeals from the district court's denial of his first federal habeas corpus petition. Williams raises one issue on appeal: whether the state court's refusal to appoint a psychiatrist to assist in the preparation of his insanity defense violated his constitutional right to...

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