KNOX v. JOHNSON

No. 99-41068.

224 F.3d 470 (2000)

James Roy KNOX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gary Hart (argued), Austin, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Matthew Fisher Wymer (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

James Roy Knox appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to set aside his June 22, 1994 conviction and death sentence for murder in the course of a robbery. Knox contends that the district court erred in granting summary judgment against his numerous challenges to the constitutionality of his conviction. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the district...

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