Dezso John Lokos v. Walter Capps, Warden

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1980-09-18

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REAVLEY, Circuit Judge: On the night of December 13, 1963 Dezso John Lokos invaded the home of Leonard H. Culpepper, bound him and shot him dead, and dumped his body into a well. Lokos was tried and sentenced by the Alabama court — first to death but then commuted to life imprisonment. Further information about the crime, its repu…

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