Legal Opinion
Mann v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1994No. 93-09006PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Fletcher Thomas Mann, a Texas death row inmate convicted of capital murder, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. PROCEDURAL POSTURE
Mann was convicted of the 1981 murder of Christopher Lee Bates and sentenced to death by a Texas jury. Mann’s conviction was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on October 22,1986. Mann v. State, 718 S.W.2d 741 (Tex.Crim.App.1986). The United States Supreme Court denied certio-rari on April 6, 1987. Mann v. Texas, 481 U.S. 1007, 107 S.Ct. 1633,…
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