Legal Opinion
James v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1995No. 95-30354PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Antonio James is scheduled to be executed on April 18, 1995 between the hours of 12:00 A.M. and 3:00 A.M. On April 13, 1995, the district court denied Antonio James’s fourth petition for writ of habeas corpus in which James sought to set aside his December 1981 Louisiana first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. James’s applications for a certificate of probable cause and for a stay of execution were similarly denied. James has filed a notice of appeal from the denial of his habeas petition, and the ease is now before us on James’s application for a certificate of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Billy Wayne Waldrop v. Ronald E. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
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