Legal Opinion
Moody v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1998No. 96-10645PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner John Glenn Moody appeals from the judgment of the district court denying his request for habeas relief. Moody’s issues center around claims that he was incompetent to stand trial and that the state’s expert witnesses on future dangerousness, Dr. Grig-son and Dr. Griffith, testified falsely. We affirm.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Moody was convicted of killing Maureen Maulden, a 77-year-old widow for whom Moody occasionally did yard work. Mrs. Maulden’s body was discovered in her home in Abilene, Texas by her sister on July 4, 1988; she was nude with a telephone…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by57 opinions
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