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DOWTHITT v. JOHNSON

No. H-98-3282.

180 F.Supp.2d 832 (2000)

Dennis Thurl DOWTHITT, Petitioner, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

January 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Seymour Haughton, Tola & Haughton, Houston, TX, Helen J. Beardsley, Attorney at Law, Austin, TX, Thomas J. Saunders, Attorney at Law, Baltimore, MD, James D. Jones, Attorney at Law, Conroe, TX, for petitioner.

Douglas Alan Danzeiser, Office of Attorney General, Austin, TX, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ATLAS, District Judge.

Petitioner Dennis Thurl Dowthitt was convicted and sentenced to death for the capital murder of Gracie Purnhagen committed in the course of aggravated sexual assault. Petitioner, though counsel, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [Doc. # 19] on December 30, 1998, and an Amended Petition ("Petition") [Doc. # 24] on February 11, 1999. The Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

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