Legal Opinion
Willie Trottie v. Brad Livingston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 9, 2014No. 14-70028PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Willie Tyrone Trottie is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Trottie filed a § 1983 law suit alleging violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments based on the method of his execution. The district court denied Trottie’s motion for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order. We AFFIRM.
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Trottie was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Barbara and Titus Canada while in the course of committing and attempting to commit burglary of a habitation. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Trottie’s conviction and sentence. Trottie v.…
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- Raby v. LivingstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
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