Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 27, 2005No. 04-70011PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Luis Ramirez was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the murder of his ex-wife’s boyfriend, Nemecio Nandin. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence on direct appeal and denied Ramirez’s subsequent petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A federal district court denied Ramirez’s ensuing petition for a writ of habeas corpus and refused to issue a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”). Ramirez now requests a COA from this Court, claiming that (1) his conviction for capital murder is based upon legally…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by74 opinions
- Carl Blue v. Rick Thaler, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Summers v. DretkeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Rodney Reed v. William Stephens, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- United States v. Christopher VialvaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- State v. MacLinTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
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