Legal Opinion
Knox v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 22, 2000No. 99-41068PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
James Roy Knox appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to set aside his June 22,-1994 conviction and death sentence for murder in the course of a robbery. Knox contends that the district court erred in granting summary judgment against his numerous challenges to the constitutionality of his conviction. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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On November 10,1982, at approximately 5:30 p.m., a man entered Joe’s Pharmacy in Galveston, Texas, brandishing a dark…
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