Samuel Christopher Hawkins v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Samuel Christopher Hawkins represents himself in this court, urging that his conviction of capital murder and sentence of death by a Lubbock County, Texas, jury should be set aside for three reasons. He argues that his “trial was had by use of perjured testimony[,] ... [t]he confession was extracted and obtained in violation of petitioner’s right not to be compelled to give evidence against himself [, and] ... [t]he evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction and verdict of the jury.” We are persuaded that the contentions are without merit and…