Legal Opinion
Washington v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1996No. 95-20720PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Terry Washington was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the murder of Beatrice Huling. With all direct appeals and collateral state reviews exhausted, Washington now seeks federal habeas relief. Following an evidentiary hearing, the district court denied Washington’s application for writ of habeas corpus and refused to grant a certificate of probable cause for appeal. Washington seeks from this court a certificate of probable cause, based inter alia on the contentions that he was incompetent to stand trial and that his counsel was ineffective.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Jonathan Wayne Nobles v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Little v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Bryan K. KalunaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- State v. ByrgeWisconsin Supreme Court · 2000
- Moody v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
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