Legal Opinion
Frank Smith v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 5, 1993No. 91-8197PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-appellant Frank Smith (Smith) appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Texas 1977 conviction and sentence for aggravated robbery. Concluding that Smith has demonstrated no reversible error in the district court’s denial of relief, we affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
Smith was convicted of aggravated robbery in September 1977 in Gillespie County, Texas. The indictment alleged two prior convictions, a 1952 conviction and a 1966 conviction, for the purpose of sentence enhancement. Smith did…
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