WOODS v. JOHNSON

No. 91-2928.

75 F.3d 1017 (1996)

Billy Joe WOODS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Susan Hardie, James R. O'Donnell, Marion E. McDaniel, Jr., Rueben C. Casarez, Butler & Binion, Houston, TX, for appellant.

William C. Zapalac, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for appellee.

Before KING, GARWOOD and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Billy Joe Woods (Woods) appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition challenging his Texas capital murder conviction and sentence to death.

Woods' primary contention is that the punishment stage future dangerousness testimony of prosecution witness Dr. Garcia violated the rule of Estelle v. Smith, 451 U.S. 454, 101 S.Ct. 1866, 68 L.Ed.2d...

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