Benjamin Neil Preacher v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Benjamin Neil Preacher, convicted of aggravated robbery in Texas state court and sentenced to 50 years imprisonment, appeals the denial of his petition for habeas relief brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He claims three bases for the relief sought: (1) a pretrial lineup was impermissibly suggestive, in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, (2) the prosecution improperly withheld favorable evidence, and (3) the district court applied the wrong standard in evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence in support of his conviction. Finding no error, we…