5th Circuit denies Miss. inmate’s habeas corpus petition citing controversial forensic pathologist
By EsqSocial Corporation 04/03/14
A federal appeals court has denied a Mississippi prisoner's petition for a successive writ of habeas corpus. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a Jan. 31 ruling (PDF), said inmate Tavares Flaggs hadn't shown that the factual predicate of his proposed claims could not…