RHOADES v. DAVIS

No. 16-70021.

914 F.3d 357 (2019)

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 January 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Dow , University of Houston, Law Center, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jefferson David Clendenin , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


In 1992 a Texas jury convicted Rick Allan Rhoades of capital murder and he received a death sentence. After direct appeals and filing an unsuccessful state habeas petition, Rhoades petitioned for federal habeas relief. The district court denied his petition and declined...

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