HOPKINS v. COCKRELL

No. 01-11385.

325 F.3d 579 (2003)

Bobby Ray HOPKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Janie COCKRELL, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Mills, Jr. (argued), Mills & Associates, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Woodson Erich Dryden, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, DeMOSS and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Bobby Ray Hopkins, is currently confined on death row pursuant to a conviction of capital murder on May 25, 1994. After exhausting his state direct appeal and habeas corpus remedies, petitioner initiated a federal habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, which was filed on June 17, 1999, after the effective date of AEDPA. On September 28, 2001, the district court entered judgment denying habeas relief.

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