Carpenter v. Collier

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANGELO DIVISION AUSTIN RAY CARPENTER, Petitioner, v. No. 6:19-CV-00013-H LORIE DAVIS-DIRECTOR TDCLCID, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In his amended

28 U.S.C. § 2254

habeas petition, Texas inmate Austin Ray Carpenter, with the assistance of counsel, challenges his state-court conviction and sentence. (Dkt. No. 7.) Respondent has filed her Answer with Brief in Support, along with copies of Petitioner’s state-court records (Dkt. Nos. 16, 17), and Petitioner has filed his Reply (Dkt. No. 21). Also pending before the Court are…