Legal Opinion
Mata v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2000No. 98-20756PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Ramon Mata, Jr. (“Mata”) appeals the dismissal of his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. We reverse and remand.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 1986, Mata, a Texas prison inmate, was convicted of capital murder for killing a female prison guard with whom he claimed to be romantically involved. He was sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convic tion and sentence in 1992. See Mata v. State, No. 69,632 (Tex.Crim.App. Nov. 4, 1992)(unpublished). After exhausting his state remedies, Mata filed a federal Petition for Writ…
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