Paul William Jordan v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Paul William Jordan was convicted in Texas state court of aggravated robbery and was sentenced to eighty-five years imprisonment. After exhausting state remedies, 1 he petitioned the district court for habeas corpus relief. This request was denied without an evidentiary hearing.

In the habeas petition filed below, Jordan challenged his conviction on the following grounds: ineffectiveness of counsel and denial of due process because of claimed trial irregularities involving an in-court identification of defendant; an impermissible implication that defendant was guilty of other crimes, made in…