Legal Opinion
Thomas A. Barefoot v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1983No. 82-1680PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Per curiam
Thomas A. Barefoot was convicted in November, 1978 of murdering a Harker Heights police officer in Bell County, Texas on August 7, 1978. 1 The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the conviction on March 12, 1980 and denied rehearing on April 30, 1980. Barefoot v. State, 596 S.W.2d 875 (Tex.Crim.App.1980). Barefoot was sentenced to die on September 17,1980. The United States Supreme Court stayed execution and then dissolved the stay when certiorari was denied on June 29, 1981, 453 U.S. 913, 101 S.Ct. 3146, 69 L.Ed.2d 996. Barefoot was again sentenced to die on October 13, 1981. The…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Neal v. PuckettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Little v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Leo E. Edwards, Jr. v. Gene A. Scroggy, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Michael Edwin Schneider v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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