Legal Opinion

Lynn Murphy Creel v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 23, 1998No. 97-50606PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Lynn Murphy Creel appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A Texas jury convicted Creel of capital murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. He argues that the district court erred in ruling (1) that a lesser-ineluded-offense instruction was not warranted; (2) that undisclosed perjury of a witness was not material to his case; (3) that the state did not violate his Sixth Amendment right to counsel; (4) that an evidentiary hearing should not be held on his claim of actual innocence; and (5) that his…

2Cases cited47 opinions

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3Cited by64 opinions

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