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HARRIS v. COLLINS

No. 92-2918.

990 F.2d 185 (1993)

Curtis Paul HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin D. McDonald, Jeane Thomas, Brett Ringle, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for petitioner-appellant.

Bob Walt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for respondent-appellee.

Before GARWOOD, JONES, and EMILIO GARZA, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Thirteen years ago, Curtis Paul Harris was first convicted of murder in a Texas court and was sentenced to death. He has since been tried, convicted and sentenced to death again, and he has unsuccessfully sought relief on direct appeal and by habeas corpus in state court. These protracted proceedings lend new meaning to the phrase "exhaustion" of state remedies.1 After Harris filed a federal petition for...

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