Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2006No. 05-70047PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Rolando Ruiz was sentenced to death after a jury in Bexar County, Texas, convicted him of capital murder. Texas state courts affirmed his conviction and sentence and refused habeas relief. The federal district court dismissed his federal habeas petition, finding his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and unconstitutional strictures of argument in mitigation proee-durally barred and rejecting his contention that the state trial court erred in sustaining the State’s challenge for cause of a member of the venire. The court refused certificate of…
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