Legal Opinion
Christopher Wilkins v. Lorie Davis, Director
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2016No. 15-70033; Cons. w/ 16-70002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
The State of Texas sentenced Petitioner-Appellant Christopher Chubasco Wilkins to death for the murders of Willie Freeman and Mike Silva. Having unsuccessfully pursued federal habeas corpus relief, Wilkins now requests investigative and expert funding to support a state clemency petition and a successive state habeas petition.
The district court denied Wilkins’s motion for funding. The district court also denied Wilkins’s attorney compensation for her work on Wilkins’s case.
For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the district court’s order denying Wilkins’s…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Ex Parte GravesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Johnson v. Sawyer,et alCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Ruiz v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
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