Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2008No. 04-70022PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Preston Hughes, III was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas for the 1988 murders of fifteen-year-old Shandra Charles and her three-year-old cousin, Marcell Taylor. Hughes sought federal habeas relief as to both his conviction and sentence. We granted a COA authorizing Hughes to appeal the district court’s denial of federal habeas relief as to three claims arising from the sentencing trial. Hughes v. Dretke, 160 Fed.Appx. 431 (5th Cir.2006) (unpublished). We now AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.
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At Hughes’s 1989 trial, the State presented evidence…
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