Burdine v. Johnson, No. 99-21034 (5th Cir.) (231 F.3d 950) (October 27, 2000) (Judge Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale)
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2000
published in Punch and Jurists
October 16, 2000
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Strickland Standard.
Back in 1984, Calvin Burdine was convicted of capital murder for his participation in the stabbing death of his homosexual lover during a robbery. As is so common in America, the person who first stabbed the victim was Burdine’s accomplice, one Douglas McCreight, but he never faced the death penalty. …
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