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HUGHES v. JOHNSON

No. 98-40171.

191 F.3d 607 (1999)

Billy George HUGHES, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Maness (argued), Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gena Blount Bunn, Asst. Attorney General (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Twelve years after the crime, a Texas jury convicted Billy George Hughes of the capital murder of Texas state trooper Mark Frederick and sentenced him to death. See Hughes v. State, 897 S.W.2d 285, 288-89 (Tex.Crim.App.1994).1 This was the second conviction and death sentence for this murder. The jury found Hughes...

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