NOBLES v. JOHNSON

No. 97-50093.

127 F.3d 409 (1997)

Jonathan Wayne NOBLES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Sheppard, Austin, TX, Daniel William Dworin, Austin, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Laura Bayouth Popps, Assistant Attorney General, Margaret Portman Griffey, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before SMITH, DUHÉ and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Jonathan Wayne Nobles ("Nobles") appeals the district court's denial of his application for writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Appellant Nobles broke into a house in Austin, Texas where Mitzi Nalley and her roommate Kelly Farquar were living. Nobles brutally stabbed Nalley and Farquar to death and severely injured Nalley's...

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