Legal Opinion
Motley v. Collins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1994No. 92-02610PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The opinion and. dissenting opinion in this ease filed on September 21, 1993, and reprinted at 3 F.3d 781 (5th Cir.1993), are withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
Jeffrey Dean Motley, a Texas death row inmate convicted of capital murder, appeals from the district court’s decision denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the district court’s decision denying the writ.
I. BACKGROUND
On the morning of July 22, 1984, Maria Duran left her home to drive to a friend’s apartment to go swimming. She never…
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