HARPER v. LUMPKIN

No. 20-70022.

19 F.4th 771 (2021)

Garland Bernell HARPER, 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 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. McGuire, Esq. , McGuire Law Firm, Ali R. Fazel , Fazel Law, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Woodson Erich Dryden, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WILLETT, HO, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


A jury convicted Garland Bernell Harper of murder and sentenced him to death. After his direct appeal and habeas petitions were both denied in state court, Harper raised 31 claims in a federal habeas petition. The district court denied all his claims and also denied a certificate of appealability ...

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