Billy Joe Battie v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1981-09-11

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AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge: Billy Joe Battie, a Texas state prisoner under sentence of death, has appealed the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, petitioner raises only three of the numerous claims originally presented in his petition. 1…

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