Legal Opinion
Shirley Burton, Cross-Appellant v. Sharon Johnson, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1991No. 90-2016, 90-2019PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.*
Appellant Sharon Johnson, Warden for the State of New Mexico, appeals the order of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, granting Shirley Burton’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mrs. Burton cross-appeals from the order insofar as it denied some of the claims for relief contained in her federal petition.
Shirley Burton admitted that in the early hours of August 14, 1983, she shot and killed her husband, Robert Burton, in Roswell, New Mexico. She claimed that she did so because she believed from his past actions that she…
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- United States v. NellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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