Legal Opinion
Hatten v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2009No. 07-70038PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
Appellant Larry Hatten seeks a writ of habeas corpus related to his capital conviction for the murder of five-year old Isaac Jackson. The district court denied relief but granted a certificate of appealability. Finding no error in his only cognizable claims of juror bias and improper shackling at trial, we affirm.
I. Background
In the early morning hours of September 19, 1995, Larry Hatten broke into Isaac Robinson’s apartment in Corpus Christi, Texas, went to the bedroom, kicked the door open, and repeatedly fired a handgun into the darkness. Hatten believed he was…
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