Legal Opinion
Haynes v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 27, 2001No. 00-31012PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Burl Cain, as warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary appeals the district court’s grant of a writ of habeas corpus to Brandon Haynes. For the reasons assigned we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Haynes was convicted of first degree murder for causing the death of a graduate medical student in 1993. The evidence adduced at trial disclosed that the victim had been last seen late at night working in a research laboratory. The next morning her body was found at the foot of an adjacent 10 story biomedical research building, then under construction. The medical examiner ruled that she…
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