Creel v. Johnson

Revised January 13, 1999 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FIFTH CIRCUIT ____________ No. 97-50606 ____________ LYNN MURPHY CREEL, Petitioner-Appellant, versus GARY L. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas December 23, 1998 Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, EMILIO M. GARZA, and STEWART, Circuit Judges. EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge: Lynn Murphy Creel appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A Texas…