Legal Opinion
Billy George Hughes v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice,institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1999No. 98-40171PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Twelve years after the crime, a Texas jury convicted Billy George Hughes of the capital murder of Texas state trooper Mark Frederick and sentenced him to death. See Hughes v. State, 897 S.W.2d 285, 288-89 (Tex.Crim.App.1994). 1 This was the second conviction and death sentence for this murder. The jury found Hughes guilty of violating Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(1), which provides that a person commits capital murder if “the person murders a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty and who the person knows is a peace…
2Cases cited66 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by178 opinions
- Valdez v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Day v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Murphy v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Richard Cooey v. Ralph Coyle, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Martinez v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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