Legal Opinion
Harris v. Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 2002No. 01-41395PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The State of Texas appeals the grant of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner, David Harris, cross-appeals the rejection of his claims that the jury in his capital trial was unconstitutionally precluded from giving mitigating effect to evidence of his alcoholism and that the admission of evidence of an extraneous offense of which he had been acquitted denied him a fair trial. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and render judgment in favor of the state.
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In 1985, Harris entered the apartment of Mark Mays while Mays and his…
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