ROGERS v. SCOTT

No. 94-41161.

70 F.3d 340 (1995)

Patrick F. ROGERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne SCOTT, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael V. Powell, William B. Steele, III, Susan L. Karamanian, A. Darby Dickerson, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, for Appellant.

Laura Popps, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Patrick F. Rogers was sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer by a state district court in Texas upon affirmative answers to the required interrogatories. The complete facts of the crime and the procedural history of this case are set out in the thorough opinion of the United States District Court explaining its order dismissing Rogers' petition and denying a certificate of probable cause. See Rogers v. Director...

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