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CREEL v. ESTELLE

Civ. A. No. 1-74-24.

448 F.Supp. 894 (1977)

James Duke CREEL, Petitioner, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Abilene Division.

May 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Duke Creel, pro se.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Tex., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This habeas corpus action seeks to set aside petitioner's conviction for murder with malice and life sentence in Cause No. 12,015, the State of Texas vs. James Duke Creel, after a trial by jury in the 91st District Court of Eastland County, Texas. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. Creel v. State, 493 S.W.2d 814 (Tex. Cr.App., 1973).

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