SHARP v. JOHNSON

No. 94-10605.

107 F.3d 282 (1997)

Michael Eugene SHARP, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marsha Lee Rutenbar, McKinney, TX, for petitioner-appellant.

Dana Emmert Parker, Assistant Attorney General, Dan Morales, Attorney General, Austin, TX, for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and KING and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Michael Eugene Sharp, a Texas death row inmate, appeals the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief. For the reasons assigned, we affirm.

Background

Late in the evening on Friday, June 10, 1982, Sharp forcibly abducted Brenda Kay Broadway and her two daughters, Selena Elms, then 14 years of age, and 8-year-old Christy Elms, from a car wash near Kermit, Texas. Sharp then drove them to an isolated location where...

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