Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 14, 2006No. 02-11096PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
A panel of this court previously affirmed the district court’s denial of Billy Ray Nelson’s habeas corpus petition challenging his sentence on the ground that the Texas capital-sentencing procedure failed to give constitutionally sufficient effect to his mitigating evidence, in violation of Penry v. Lynaugh (Penry I), 492 U.S. 302, 109 S.Ct. 2934, 106 L.Ed.2d 256 (1989). See Nelson v. Cockrell, 77 Fed.Appx. 209 (5th Cir. Aug. 12, 2003) (unpublished). Nelson petitioned the Supreme Court for writ of cer-tiorari. The Supreme Court granted the petition, vacated our…
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