Michael Scott Martin v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Michael Scott Martin appeals from the District Court’s denial of habeas relief, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254. We affirm.

I

The record reflects that on July 14, 1979, Doyle Lovelady was robbed at gunpoint at a service station in Garland, Texas. The robber taped Lovelady to restrain him, twice threatened Lovelady with death, and at one point struck Lovelady with the gun. A Garland police officer, Dennis Wheatley, identified Michael Scott Martin in the area of the robbery a short time after the robbery had been committed. Wheatley was familiar with Martin as he had…