Legal Opinion
Henry v. Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 7, 2003No. 02-41093PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Texas prisoner Robert Lloyd Henry seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to challenge the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Henry contends that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned because his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by presenting the expert testimony of Dr. George Kramer without adequately investigating the basis for that testimony.
Henry was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Carol Arnold and Hazel Rumohr. Arnold and Rumohr were, respectively, the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Conrado Vela v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Wilder v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by80 opinions
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- Blanton v. QuartermanDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2007
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