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Fifth Circuit· 7/12/1996

Callins v. Johnson

Citations

  • 89 F.3d 210
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 17112
  • 1996 WL 390860

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  • explaining that “[t]he term ‘actual innocence’ means factual as opposed to legal innocence,” and this “means that the person did not commit the crime”

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Judges: Higginbotham, Smith, Demoss

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