Legal Opinion
Richard Michael Mayabb v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1999No. 97-10551PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Richard Michael Mayabb appeals the dismissal of his petition for habeas relief. May-abb raises four issues: (1) erroneous jury instructions on the charge of murder; (2) ineffective assistance of counsel during the trial and subsequent appeal of his conviction; (3) exclusion of polygraph evidence; and (4) retroactive application of an amendment to Texas’s parole laws. For the reasons assigned, we AFFIRM.
Facts
Richard Michael Mayabb was convicted of murder by a Texas jury in June 1980. 1 As Mayabb was parking his car in a restaurant parking lot, he nearly hit Kelvin…
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