Cockrum Ex Rel. Welch v. Johnson

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, District Judge.

I. Introduction

John Cockrum, through his next friend Mandy Welch, Esq., brings the above-entitled and numbered application seeking the writ of habeas corpus. After reviewing the evidence and arguments of the parties, it is found, pursuant to the following findings of fact arid conclusions of law, that the application should be granted in part and denied in part and that a writ of habeas corpus should conditionally issue.

II. Factual and Procedural Background

In May 1986, in DeKalb, Texas, John Cockrum shot and killed Eva May, during the course of á…