Legal Opinion
Leslie Wayne Yohey v. James A. Collins, Director Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1993No. 92-5596PublishedCited by 1,375 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Leslie Wayne Yohey is currently in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He was convicted by a jury of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Texas Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Yohey v. State, 801 S.W.2d 232, 234, 247 (Tex.App.—San Antonio 1990, pet. ref’d). Yohey then filed a petition for discretionary review with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which was refused.
Subsequently, Yohey filed a federal petition for habeas corpus raising four issues, but attaching copies of two state petitions for…
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