Legal Opinion
Fierro v. Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2002No. 01-50400PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
In 1980, Cesar Roberto Fierro was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Nicolas Castanon. The conviction was based, in part, on Fierro’s written confession. Before trial, Fierro unsuccessfully sought to suppress the confession on the ground that it was obtained by holding his mother in a Mexican jail until he admitted to the murder. After a direct appeal and after two petitions for post-conviction relief, Fierro filed a third post-conviction petition in Texas state court based on evidence that Detective A Me-drano, the El Paso police officer who…
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