Bennett v. Collins
District Court, E.D. Texas
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JUSTICE, District Judge.
I. Background
Applicant, Baby Ray Bennett, is a thirty year old black male, who is currently on death row at the Ellis 1 Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division, in Huntsville, Texas. After an alleged attempt to plead guilty to first degree murder failed, applicant was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, in Case No. 3589, in the District Court of Newton County, 1st Judicial District of Texas, in November of 1985. A short recitation of the facts will suffice, as they are set forth in full detail in Bennett v.…
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