Gerald Wayne Tigner v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

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• failure to instruct jury on parole does not violate due process, the Eighth Amendment, or the equal protection clause
• “We have repeatedly held that an extension of the scope of Simmons will constitute a “new” rule under Teague.”
• “We decline Tigner’s invitation to undercut Barefoot, because to do so on collateral review would constitute a new rule in violation of Teague’s non-retroactivity principle.”
• “the Fifth Circuit has held that neither the due process clause nor the Eighth Amendment requires a state court to give jury instructions regarding parole ineligibility in Texas.”

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