Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit February 20, 1987, 86-1233 (Curtis Garrett v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections)

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, the petitioner, Curtis Garrett, requests review of the district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habe-as corpus. For the reasons set out below, we REVERSE the district court’s decision and GRANT petitioner the writ.

I. FACTS

On October 26, 1979 Curtis Garrett was convicted by a Texas jury of two counts of bribery.