Legal Opinion
Sterling v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1994No. 94-10297PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. No. 94-10297. Gary STERLING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne SCOTT, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee. July 1, 1994. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Before JOLLY, DUHÉ, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges. E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge: The basic question presented in this appeal is whether this death-row inmate may tap federal funds to pay his counsel to exhaust his habeas claims in state court. Here, the federal district court dismissed the…
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