Legal Opinion
Bagwell v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 2004No. 03-51060PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
In 1996, a Texas jury convicted and sentenced to death Dennis Wayne Bagwell for the exceedingly brutal murders of his mother, half-sister, four-year-old niece, and another young woman. After direct appeal and petition for state habeas corpus were unsuccessful, Bagwell raised seventeen grounds for relief in a § 2254 petition before the federal district court. The district court rejected all of the claims, dismissed Bagwell’s petition, and declined to grant a certificate of appealability (“COA”) on any issue raised.
Bagwell seeks a COA from this court on two issues:…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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