MURPHY v. JOHNSON

No. 97-41259.

205 F.3d 809 (2000)

Ivan Ray MURPHY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Scott Smith (argued), Sherman, TX, Elizabeth A. Cohen, Austin, TX, for Petitioner—Appellant.

Tomee Morgan Carden Crocker (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent—Appellee.

Before WIENER, DeMOSS and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Ivan Ray Murphy appeals the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On the night of January 9, 1989, Petitioner Murphy and Douglas Stoff went to the home of Lula Mae Denning in Denison, Texas. Ms. Denning, an eighty-year-old lifetime friend of Murphy's, invited the two men into her...

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