HARRIS v. JOHNSON

No. 95-20689.

81 F.3d 535 (1996)

Kenneth Bernard HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied May 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome McConnell Godinich, Jr., Houston, TX, Lynn Bernard Lamberty, Houston, TX, for petitioner-appellant.

Gregory William Shields, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied May 28, 1996. See 116 S.Ct. 1863.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Kenneth Bernard Harris, sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of Lisa Stonestreet, seeks a certificate of probable cause to appeal the district court's dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus and for an order staying his execution presently set for April 25, 1996. We decline to issue the requested certificate and decline to order a stay.

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