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IN RE COCKRUM

No. 6:93cv230.

867 F.Supp. 484 (1994)

In re John COCKRUM, Applicant.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Tyler Division.

August 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Bernard Rich and Lawrence Ray Lassiter, Dallas, TX, Jeffrey Dworkin, Austin, TX, for applicant.

John Jacks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atty. Gen.'s Office, Austin, TX, for state.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, District Judge.

I. Background

John Cockrum, the applicant, presents to this court a troubling and unusual, although not unique, case. Cockrum was convicted of capital murder in a Texas court and sentenced to death. He appealed his conviction and filed an unsuccessful application for the writ of habeas corpus in the state system. He then filed...

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