Legal Opinion
Graham v. Texas Bd. of Pardons and Paroles
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided February 14, 1996No. 03-95-00050-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
Appellant Gary Graham, a death-row prisoner, sued in district court for a declaratory judgment and injunction that appellees 1 (collectively “the Board”) were required to hold a hearing to consider his petition for executive clemency. The district court denied all relief, and Graham now appeals. We will affirm the district-court judgment.
BACKGROUND
In October 1981, appellant Graham was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Graham’s conviction and sentence. Graham v. State, 671 S.W.2d 529 (Tex.Crim.App.1984). Graham did not seek…
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