Legal Opinion
Saldano v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 2004No. 03-40905PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
Victor Hugo Saldano was convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to death. Saldano subsequently filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal court challenging his sentence. John R. Roach, the District Attorney of Collin County, Texas, appeals the district court’s denial of his application to intervene as of right in Sal-dano’s habeas corpus suit. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and dismiss in part.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1996, a Texas jury convicted Saldano of capital murder. During the punishment phase of Saldano’s trial, the Collin…
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