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JONES v. WHITLEY

No. 91-3608.

938 F.2d 536 (1991)

Andrew Lee JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John WHITLEY, Warden Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Quigley, Nicholas J. Trenticosta, Loyola Death Penalty Resource Center, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Gwendolyn K. Brown, Doug Moreau, Asst. Dist. Attys., Baton Rouge, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

In the early morning hours of February 17, 1984, Petitioner Andrew Lee Jones beat, raped and manually strangled to death eleven-year old Tumekica Jackson, the daughter of Jones's long-time girlfriend. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death on November 2, 1984. The instant application for a federal writ of habeas corpus, which was denied by the district court, is Jones's second. His previous federal habeas corpus...

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