Supreme Court refuses to consider appeal of Lufkin man on death row
Jan. 15
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the death row appeal of a Lufkin man convicted twice of killing a woman during a burglary of her home almost 21 years ago. The court's ruling comes more than 13 months after a state appellate court rejected Lewis' appeal, upholding former state district Judge David Wilson's findings and conclusions of the appeal September 2006. His capital murder conviction and death sentence were reversed in 1993 by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals because part of his court record was lost.
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