Legal Opinion
Lawrence Lee Buxton v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1991No. 91-2172PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Lawrence Lee Buxton (Buxton), currently confined on death row in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, instituted his second federal habe-as corpus petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas on February 22,1991, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He requested that the district court stay his execution, order an evi-dentiary hearing, and issue a writ of habe-as corpus vacating his conviction for capital murder. He is scheduled for execution on February 26, 1991 after 12:01 a.m. On February 23, 1991, the district…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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