Legal Opinion
Rick Rhoades v. Lorie Davis, Director
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2017No. 16-70021PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Rick Allen Rhoades murdered two men on September 12, 1991. Roughly one month later, while in custody for burglarizing a school, he confessed to the murders. A Harris County jury convicted him of capital murder and sentenced him to die. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (“CCA”) affirmed Rhoades’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal. 1 He unsuccessfully petitioned a Texas state court for a writ of habeas corpus. 2 Having exhausted his state remedies, Rhoades petitioned a federal district court for federal habeas corpus relief. The district court…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
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3Cited by50 opinions
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