Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 2, 2000No. 97-41259PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Ivan Ray Murphy appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On the night of January 9, 1989, Petitioner Murphy and Douglas Stoff went to the home of Lula Mae Denning in Denison, Texas. Ms. Denning, an eighty-year-old lifetime friend of Murphy’s, invited the two men into her home. Once inside, the two men robbed Ms. Denning of jewelry, beat her to unconsciousness, and left her for dead. They returned several hours later to steal…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by139 opinions
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