Legal Opinion
Boyle v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1996No. 95-10802PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Benjamin Herbert Boyle, sentenced to death for the murder of Gail Lenore Smith,, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
I
Gail Lenore Smith drove with her stepbrother and sister-in-law to a rest stop outside Fort Worth, Texas. Smith planned to obtain a ride from a truck driver in order to visit her mother in Amarillo. She asked her relatives to write down the license number of the truck she boarded, in case anything happened. A few minutes after arriving at the rest stop, Smith’s…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by74 opinions
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- Crane v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
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