Legal Opinion
Thomas Lee Capps v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1990No. 89-1930PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Lee Capps appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition, claiming insufficiency of the evidence, denial of his right to confrontation, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no merit to Capps’ assignments of error, we affirm.
Background
Capps was convicted by a Texas state jury of aggravated rape and sentenced to 75 years imprisonment. At trial the complaining witness testified to the following scenario. She had been introduced to Capps six months earlier and had seen him only briefly on that one occasion. Around 9:30 p.m. on August 19,…
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