Doyle Edward Skillern v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner Skillern, a Texas state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals from the denial without an evidentiary hearing of his application for federal habeas relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Skillern and a codefend-ant Sanne were convicted of murdering Patrick Randel, a state narcotics agent. The victim Randel and the codefendant Sanne had been sitting in Randel’s car at a roadside park when the petitioner Skillern drove up, immediately following which the codefendant Sanne shot and killed Randel. In arguing for reversal on his appeal, the petitioner raises three groups of…