Legal Opinion
West v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1996No. 88-06108PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Robert Wallace West, Jr. (West) appeals the district court’s denial of his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his February 1983 Texas conviction and death sentence for the August 1982 intentional murder of Deanna Klaus while in the course of committing or attempting to commit burglary of her motel room, contrary to Texas Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2). We previously granted a certificate of probable cause. We now affirm.
Procedural Background
West’s conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, West v. State, 720 S.W.2d…
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3Cited by209 opinions
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