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BEETS v. COLLINS

No. 91-4606.

986 F.2d 1478 (1993)

Betty Lou BEETS, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Zapalac, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Collins.

Joe Margulies, Robert L. McGlasson, Austin, TX, for Betty Lou Beets.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

On October 11, 1985, petitioner Betty Lou Beets (Beets) was convicted of the capital murder of her husband, Jimmy Don Beets (Jimmy Don). Beets was sentenced to death. Beets appealed unsuccessfully to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, see Beets v. State, 767 S.W.2d 711 (Tex.Crim. App.1988), and sought a writ of certiorari before the United States Supreme Court, Beets v. Texas, 492 U...

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