Legal Opinion
Tommy Sells v. Brad Livingston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2014No. 14-70014UnpublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
The Defendants, appeal from the grant of a temporary injunction and a stay of the execution of Plaintiff, Tommy Lynn Sells, set for Thursday, April 3, 2014. 1 The State has also moved to vacate the stay. We grant the motion and reverse the district court’s order.
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Sells was convicted and sentenced to death for the December 31, 1999 capital murder of Kaylene Harris. The evidence at trial established that Sells secretly entered the trailer home of Terry Harris, an acquaintance of Sells, during the early morning hours of December 31, 1999. Armed with a butcher knife, Sells explored…
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