Legal Opinion
Moreno v. Dretke
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided March 17, 2005No. 5:00-cv-01058PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.
Petitioner Jose Angel Moreno filed this federal habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2254 challenging his 1987 Bexar County conviction for capital murder and sentence of death. For the reasons set forth herein, petitioner is entitled to neither habeas corpus relief nor a certificate of appealability from this Court.
I. Statement of the Case
A. The Crime and Aftermath
Shortly after his arrest on February 7, 1986, petitioner Jose Angel Moreno gave law enforcement officers a written statement in which he confessed to having…
2Cases cited66 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Ex Parte MorenoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
- Moreno v. DretkeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- Ex Parte MorenoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
- Moreno, Ex Parte Jose AngelCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
- Moreno, Ex Parte Jose AngelCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008