Legal Opinion
Riley v. Cockrell
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided July 17, 2002No. Civil Action 1:99cv005PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
SCHELL, District Judge.
Petitioner Michael Lynn Riley (“Riley”), an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Riley challenged his conviction and death sentence imposed by the 114th Judicial District Court of Wood County, Texas, in cause No.12,101, styled The State of Texas v. Michael Lynn Riley.
On February 1, 1986, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Riley fatally stabbed Winona Lynn Harris, a convenience store…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by5 opinions
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