Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Collins
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 31, 1992No. Civ. A. H-92-36PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HITTNER, District Judge.
Pending before the Court are the original petition for writ of habeas corpus (Document # 1), the motion to reopen evidentiary hearing (Document # 37), and the motion for expansion of the record (Document # 42) all filed by petitioner Joseph Bennard Nichols (“Nichols”). Having considered the motions, the submissions of both Nichols and the respondent James A. Collins (“Collins”) and the applicable law, this Court determines that the petition should be granted and the motions should be denied.
I. FACTS
Nichols was indicted in Cause No. 323,-836 in the 178th District…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. StephensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- Joseph Bennard Nichols v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- State v. RoachSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1996
- Ex Parte State of AlabamaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- Curtis Paul Harris v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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