Legal Opinion
James Russell v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1989No. 88-6010PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
In this death penalty case we will not dwell on the sordid facts proved in the petitioner’s conviction for capital murder. Suffice it to say that James Russell murdered Thomas Stearns, a crucial witness against him in an unrelated robbery for which he was about to be tried, and that the murder was especially mean and vile, involving kidnapping and rape. As is usually true in most of these death penalty cases, Russell’s innocence is not even remotely suggested. As is also true in most of these cases, the wheels of justice have *1207moved very, very slowly over more…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Richard James Wilkerson v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Pamela Lynn Perillo v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
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