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RHOADES v. DAVIS

No. 16-70021.

852 F.3d 422 (2017)

Rick Allen RHOADES, Petitioner-Appellant v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed March 27, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Dow , University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX, Georgette P. Oden , Crawford & Cruz, Austin, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jefferson David Clendenin , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Postconviction Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Rick Allen Rhoades murdered two men on September 12, 1991. Roughly one month later, while in custody for burglarizing a school, he confessed to the murders. A Harris County jury convicted him of capital murder and sentenced him to die. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ("CCA") affirmed Rhoades's conviction...

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