Jerry Lane Jurek v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1980-08-11

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GARZA, Circuit Judge: We have gathered en banc to consider the circumstances surrounding the arrest, interrogation, confession, and trial of Jerry Lane Jurek, convicted of murder and sentenced to death in a Texas state district court. A panel of this Court has reversed a federal district court’s denial of Jurek’s petition for a writ o…

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