BUNTION v. LUMPKIN

No. 20-70004.

982 F.3d 945 (2020)

Carl Wayne BUNTION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bobby LUMPKIN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed December 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gwendolyn Suzanne Vindell , Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer Wren Morris , Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Costa, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Carl Buntion shot a police officer in the forehead and killed him. The State of Texas prosecuted Buntion for capital murder. A jury convicted him. He was sentenced to death. After a state habeas court vacated Buntion's sentence and remanded for a new punishment hearing...

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