Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 11, 2005No. 04-70036PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant Julius Jerome Murphy (“Murphy”) was convicted of capital murder in Texas and sentenced to death. Murphy filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court granted summary judgment to Respondent-Appellee Doug Dretke (the “Director”), in his role as Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, on seven of Murphy’s eight claims. The court denied Murphy’s petition on the one remaining Batson v.…
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