United States Fifth Circuit

Where there is only one witness to one event, as may be the case when a law enforcement officer kills a lone suspect in the dark, the credibility of the witness may be genuinely disputed and also material, so appellate courts lack jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/27/2001
• Published 03/27/2001

Judges

• RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeanne Opdyke Chastain (argued), Corpus Christi, TX, for Judith Bazan., Christopher Edwin McJunkin, Law Office of Chris McJunkin, Corpus Christi, TX, for Judith and Victoria Rose Bazan., James Bruce Ragan, Corpus Christi, TX, for Avalos., Karen Denise Matlock (argued), Anthony Gerard Brocato, Jr., Austin, TX, for Vargas.