Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Collins
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided October 28, 1993No. 6:89 CV 703PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JUSTICE, District Judge.
1. Background and Procedural History
Applicant, Baby Ray Bennett, is a thirty year old black man. He is currently on death row at the Ellis 1 Unit of TDC, in Huntsville, Texas. (Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus at 1) [hereinafter Application]. Bennett was tried and convicted of capital murder, 1 and sentenced to death, in Case No. 3589, in the District Court of Newton County, 1st Judicial District of Texas, in November of 1985. He moved for a new trial on the basis of an affidavit filed by one juror indicating that she had answered Special Issue No. 2 “yes”…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Wyant v. EdwardsDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1997
- Wilkerson v. JonesDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2002
- Beall v. CockrellDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2001
- Bennett v. CollinsDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1994
- Sparrow v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1997