Legal Opinion
Trevino v. Thaler
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided December 21, 2009No. 1:01-cv-00306PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.
Petitioner Carlos Trevino filed this federal habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 challenging his July 1997, Bexar County capital murder conviction and sentence of death. For the reasons set forth at length below, petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief from this Court but is entitled to a Certificate of Appealability.
I. Statement of the Case
A. Factual Background
On the evening of June 9, 1996, while on a trip to buy beer for a party he had been attending, 1 Santos Cervantes enticed fif…
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