U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Re: Larry Swearingen
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- Opinion
- Filed
- Aug. 16, 2019
- Case
- In Re: Larry Swearingen
- Case status
- Decided
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STUART KYLE DUNCAN, Circuit Judge: Larry Ray Swearingen, convicted nineteen years ago of capital murder for strangling nineteen-year-old Melissa Trotter, seeks permission to file a fourth federal habeas corpus petition. He also moves to stay, for the fifth time, his execution date, scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Finding Swearingen's claims fail to meet the stri…
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