Legal Opinion
Williams v. Collins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1994No. 93-08499PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Walter Williams was convicted of capital murder in Bexar County, Texas and sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction. See Williams v. State, 668 S.W.2d 692 (Tex.Crim.App.1983), cer t. denied, 466 U.S. 954, 104 S.Ct. 2161, 80 L.Ed.2d 545 (1984). In 1986, Williams filed an application for federal habeas relief. Williams’s case was initially referred by the district court to Magistrate Judge Jamie Boyd. Because of Boyd’s impending retirement from the bench, the case was subsequently referred to Magistrate Judge Robert…
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