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Unanimous three-judge Fifth Circuit panel returns Carl Wayne Buntion to Texas's death row, finding that the trial judge's behavior -- which led to the imposition of discipline -- did not rise to the level of bias deserving of remedy under the AEDPA

Unanimous three-judge Fifth Circuit panel returns Carl Wayne Buntion to Texas's death row, finding that the trial judge's behavior -- which led to the imposition of discipline -- did not rise to the level of bias deserving of remedy under the AEDPA: You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

On May 2, 2006, Harvey Rice of The Houston Chronicle had an article headlined "Judge overturns conviction of man who killed officer; He says there was a 'vocal bias' against defendant" reporting on the federal district court's ruling. That same day, Tom Kirkendall, at his "Houston's Clear Thinkers" blog, had a post titled "The ugly case of Carl Wayne Buntion." Tom's post provides access to the federal district court's ruling. And the ABC News affiliate KTRK in Houston reported in late April 2006 that "Admitted cop killer on death row could get new trial or go free."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 11, 2008 (boomark / email).