BROADNAX v. LUMPKIN

No. 19-70014.

987 F.3d 400 (2021)

James Garfield BROADNAX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bobby LUMPKIN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Herzog , Counsel, Ameya Sita Ananth , Kimberly Francis , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, L.L.P., New York, NY, Camille M. Knight , Burleson, Pate & Gibson, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Garrett M. Greene , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Stephen M. Hoffman , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Edward Larry Marshall , Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Jones, Higginson, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


James Garfield Broadnax was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for robbing and fatally shooting two men. After exhausting his state remedies, Broadnax filed a federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court rejected his petition and...

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