Legal Opinion
Ortiz v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 10, 2007No. 06-70020PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Texas death row inmate Ricardo Ortiz (“Ortiz”) appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition in which he claimed that the Texas retaliation statute was an unconstitutional ex post facto law when applied to him. He also moves for a certificate of appealability (“COA”) to appeal two additional issues, arguing that reasonable jurists would find debatable whether the trial court improperly excluded a veniremember from jury service because of her views regarding the death penalty and whether the trial court improperly instructed…
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