Legal Opinion
Butler v. Quarterman
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 4, 2008No. Civil Action H-07-2103PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SIM LAKE, District Judge.
Petitioner, Steven Anthony Butler, currently in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”), filed this federal habeas corpus application pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Butler was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the murder of Velma Clemons during the course of a robbery. This case is before the court on Butler’s Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Docket Entry No. 9) and Respondent Nathaniel Quarterman’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket Entry No. 15). Having carefully considered the…
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