Hughes v. Booker

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FIFTH CIRCUIT ____________ No. 98-60786 ____________ SIMEON HUGHES, Petitioner-Appellee, versus WALTER BOOKER, et al., Respondents-Appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi February 24, 2000 Before JOLLY, EMILIO M. GARZA, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge: Walter Booker, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman (“the State”), appeals the district court’s decision granting appellee Simeon Hughes’ (“Hughes”) motion for a writ of habeas corpus because he…