Legal Opinion
Westley v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1996No. 95-20635PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Anthony Ray Westley, convicted of murder and sentenced to death by a Texas state court, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
I
On Friday, April 13, 1984, Debra Young (Young) was working in Eileen’s Bait and Tackle, owned by Chester Frank Hall (Hall) and his wife, Eileen. At approximately 1:45 p.m., Anthony Ray Westley (Westley), John Dale Henry (Henry), and Walter Dunbar (Dunbar) entered the store. Hall had just walked out to go home. According to Young, Westley went up to…
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3Cited by121 opinions
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