Legal Opinion
Harris v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 22, 1992No. Civ. A. 88-2925PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON DENIAL OF HABEAS CORPUS
HUGHES, District Judge.
1. Introduction.
The state of Texas plans to execute Harris for the murder of Tim Merka in 1978. After convicting him of capital murder, the jury sentenced him to die. On appeal, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction and remanded for a new trial. At his second trial, a jury again found Harris guilty and sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the second conviction, but then affirmed it on the state’s motion for rehearing. The United States Supreme Court denied Harris’s petition for a…
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