Legal Opinion
Pondexter v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 2008No. 06-70048PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
In 1994, Willie Earl Pondexter was convicted in Texas state court of capital murder and sentenced to death. Although he was denied habeas relief in state court in 1999, the district court granted such relief in September 2002. Our court vacated that relief in 2003, however, and remanded to district court. On remand, habeas relief was denied in September 2006. Pondexter contests that denial.
At issue, pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), is whether the state-court decision denying habeas relief was unreasonable. In…
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