Legal Opinion
Rivers v. Quarterman
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 30, 2009No. Civil Action H-07-2968PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN D. RAINEY, District Judge.
Warren Darrell Rivers (“Rivers”) petitions for federal habeas corpus relief. A jury convicted Rivers of capital murder in 1988 for killing eleven-year-old Carl Nance, Jr., during an aggravated sexual assault. In a separate penalty hearing, the prosecution and defense presented evi dence relevant to Rivers’ punishment. Texas law determined his sentence by the jury’s answers to two special issue questions. Rivers now claims that constitutional error infected his trial proceedings.
The Court has reviewed the pleadings, the record, and the…
2Cases cited74 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Rivers, Warren D.Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Rivers, Warren DarrellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2021