Haley v. Cockrell

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

The respondent appeals from the district court’s grant of habeas corpus in favor of the defendant, Michael Wayne Haley (“Haley”). Finding no error, we affirm. The only issue before us is whether the district court properly granted habeas relief to Haley for his insufficiency-of-the-evidence claim. Thus, we recite only those facts pertinent to our decision.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Haley, an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, proceeding pro se, filed a federal application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28…