Blanton v. Quarterman

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ORLANDO L. GARCIA, District Judge.

Petitioner Reginald W. Blanton filed this federal habeas corpus action pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, section 2254, collaterally attacking his otherwise final, August, 2001, Bexar County conviction for capital murder and sentence of death. For the reasons set forth in detail below, petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief from this Court but is entitled to a Certificate of Appealability limited to one aspect of his multi-faceted claim of ineffective assistance by his trial counsel and one complaint of…