Legal Opinion
Valdez v. Johnson
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 28, 1999No. CIV A C-98-040PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
JACK, District Judge.
On this day came on to be considered Petitioner Alberto Valdez’s (“Valdez”) petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursu ant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated herein, the Court GRANTS Petitioner’s writ. The State of Texas (the “State”) is hereby ORDERED, within the next 90 days, either to: (1) conduct a new trial on the issue of sentencing, as permitted by Tex.Code Crim.Proc. art. 44.29(c); or (2) vacate Petitioner’s sentence and impose a sentence less than death.
I. JURISDICTION
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2Cases cited26 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Valdez v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Jackson v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 2009
- Valdez v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Valdez v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Valdez v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
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