WILLIAMS v. COLLINS

No. 93-8499.

16 F.3d 626 (1994)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Hirschhorn, Galveston, TX, Joan Cheever, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Joan C. Barton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for respondent-appellee.

Before DAVIS, JONES, and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Walter Williams was convicted of capital murder in Bexar County, Texas and sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction. See Williams v. State, 668 S.W.2d 692 (Tex. Crim.App.1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 954, 104 S.Ct. 2161, 80 L.Ed.2d 545 (1984). In 1986, Williams filed an application for federal habeas relief. Williams's case was initially...

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