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HAMMETT v. TEXAS

No. 79-5050.

448 U.S. 725 (1980)

100 S.Ct. 2905

65 L.Ed.2d 1086

HAMMETT v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 2, 1980.

PER CURIAM

William Jack Hammett, the petitioner in this case, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 578 S.W.2d 699 (1979). The petitioner states, and his attorney does not deny, that he informed his counsel that he did not wish to pursue any further appeals in his case. Nevertheless, counsel filed a petition requesting review by this...

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