ECKER v. SCOTT

No. 95-50223 Summary Calendar.

69 F.3d 69 (1995)

Karl ECKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne SCOTT, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division; Dan Morales, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Orr, Austin, TX, for petitioner-appellant.

Elizabeth Elleson, Dan Morales, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for respondents-appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DUHÉ and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

A Texas jury convicted Karl Ecker of aggravated robbery and sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment. After exhausting his state remedies, Ecker filed a petition for habeas corpus relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation that the application be denied. Ecker appeals. Before this court, Ecker raises only a Confrontation Clause challenge to his conviction. We affirm...

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