Randall Allen v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Randall Allen, was convicted of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Texas state court. Allen is currently incarcerated at the Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections. Allen appeals the judgment of the district court denying his petition for habeas corpus. We find no error and affirm.

I

The state established at trial that on the night in question petitioner’s wife drove petitioner to a bar to sell a shotgun. The purchaser of the gun never arrived, and the petitioner tried to rob the bar. A patron…