IN RE HALL

No. 19-10345.

979 F.3d 339 (2020)

IN RE: Orlando Cordia HALL, Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Nathan Hochman , Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, Benjamin Gillig , Sidley Austin, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Robert Charles Owen, Esq. , Chicago, IL, Marcia Adele Widder , Georgia Resource Center, Atlanta, GA, for Movant.

Jonathan F. Mitchell , Jonathan F. Mitchell , Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Jonathan F. Michell.

Jonathan F. Mitchell , Austin, TX, for Jonathan F. Mitchell.

Jonathan Glen Bradshaw , Assistant United States Attorney, Leigha Amy Simonton , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Respondent.

Before Dennis, Ho, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Over two decades ago, Orlando Cordia Hall and his conspirators kidnapped and then repeatedly raped a 16-year-old high school student. They then took turns beating her with a shovel, before covering her with gasoline and burying her alive. A jury convicted Hall of four federal crimes and sentenced him to death. His convictions...

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