Wood v. Dretke

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING RELIEF

ORLANDO L. GARCIA, District Judge.

Petitioner Jeffery Lee Wood filed this federal habeas corpus action pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 challenging his March, 1998, Bandera County conviction for capital murder and sentence of death. 1 For the reasons set forth at length hereinafter, petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief from this Court but is entitled to a Certificate of Appealability on some of his claims herein.

I. Statement of the Case

A. Factual Background

There is no genuine dispute as to the operative facts regarding…