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53 F.3d 94

Docket No. 93-7660.

Jordan v. Hargett

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided May 15, 1995.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1995-05-15

Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently December 2002

11 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

2 counsel of record

Relies on Jordan v. Hargett

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1995-05-15

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¶1Jim J. Waide, Tupelo, MS, for petitioner-appellant John S. Jordan.

¶2Jo Anne McFarland McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael Cameron Moore, Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for respondents-appellees Edward Har-gett, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary and Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. of State of Miss.

¶3Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, REAVLEY, KING, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHÉ, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5The panel ordered this ease remanded to the district judge to conduct his own eviden-tiary hearing before rejecting the magistrate judge’s findings on the credibility of the witnesses. Jordan v. Hargett, 34 F.3d 310 (5th Cir.1994). Since vacating the panel opinion, the en banc court is informed that the attorney who defended Jordan in the state trial *95but did not testify at the magistrate judge’s hearing has now been located and is prepared to contribute his testimony on the question of whether the defendant acceded to the attorney’s advice in not testifying. Because of the uncertainty of what may ultimately be determined to be the facts underlying the questions raised in this case, we conclude that we need not decide the questions of constitutional law discussed in the panel opinion. The panel opinion remains vacated. We remand to the district court for further proceedings.

¶6Judgment of the District Court is VACATED and Case REMANDED.

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