Legal Opinion
Mejia v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 11, 2018No. 17-41137PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STUART KYLE DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:
The State of Texas appeals a grant of habeas corpus ordering petitioner David Mejia to be retried for killing Marcos Torres. During a bar fight in 1998, Mejia stabbed Torres in the heart with a steak knife Mejia was carrying in his back pocket. Mejia's experienced attorney, Alex Luna, deployed a self-defense strategy based on Mejia's claim that Torres was threatening him with a gun. Nonetheless, a jury found Mejia guilty of murder and a state court later concluded that Luna had provided Mejia constitutionally effective assistance.
Years later, however, a…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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