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CRANK v. COLLINS

No. 93-2455.

19 F.3d 172 (1994)

Denton Alan CRANK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Wannamaker, Houston, TX, for petitioner-appellant.

Charles Palmer, Robert S. Walt, Dana Parker, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for respondent-appellee.

Before KING, DAVIS, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Denton Alan Crank was convicted of capital murder for which the death penalty was imposed. The district court denied his application for a Certificate of Probable Cause ("CPC"), and we likewise deny his application for a CPC to appeal the district court's order.

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On January 16, 1984, Crank and another masked gunman abducted Terry Oringderff from his apartment and took him to the Rice Cash Saver's Store, where Oringderff...

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