Legal Opinion
Robert Anthony Carter v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1997No. 96-20334PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Robert Carter appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1996). We affirm the judgment and vacate the stay of execution.
I
Carter was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in March 1982. His case, which has languished in the Texas courts for over a decade, now approaches its conclusion.
A
Carter was arrested in 1981 and charged with the murder of Sylvia Reyes, who was fatally wounded during the robbery of a service station. 1 On June 27, 1981, Carter confessed in great detail to the murder but stated that…
2Cases cited65 opinions
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- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by50 opinions
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