Legal Opinion
Solis v. Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2003No. 01-40354PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
In this federal habeas petition, Juan Montelongo Solis challenges his 1994 Texas state conviction for burglary of a habitation on the ground that a juror’s belief that Solis and his brothers had a reputation for breaking into houses biased the juror against him as a matter of law. We cannot agree, and affirm the district court’s denial of habeas relief.
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Solis was tried in Hidalgo County, Texas in December 1994. The charge was that Solis stole carpenter’s tools from the garage of Gloria Martinez in San Juan, Texas. Solis had worked for Martinez’s husband,…
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