Legal Opinion
Jimmy L. Glass v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1986No. 85-4499PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Sentenced to death by a jury for the murders of Newton and Earline Brown on Christmas Day, 1982, Jimmy L. Glass petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition and refused to issue a certificate of probable cause, which Glass now seeks from this court, 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We deny the requested certificate of probable cause, dismiss the appeal, and vacate the stay of execution heretofore entered.
Background
At approximately 8:00 p.m. on December 24, 1982, Glass and Jimmy Wingo escaped from the Webster Parish jail in Minden,…
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