Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1999No. 98-50180PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAKE, District Judge:
The Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice appeals from the Final Judgment of the district court conditionally granting a writ of habeas corpus to a state prisoner whom the court concluded had been denied the right of confrontation at a parole revocation hearing. For the reasons explained below we REVERSE the judgment of the district court and VACATE the writ.
I. Facts and Procedural History
In 1984 Robert Thomas Barnes pled guilty to one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Barnes was released from…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- William E. Baker v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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