Legal Opinion

Michael E. Schneider v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 18, 1977No. 76-2917PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a question of law which turns on the facts of the individual case. The facts of this case are a bit different. The defendant in a state trial admitted that he was guilty of a .crime, robbery, but denied he was guilty of robbery by firearm, for which he was convicted. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. Schneider v. State, No. 48,938 (Tex.Ct.Crim.App. Oct. 16, 1974). He now claims to possess newly discovered evidence that the state officer, who provided the only testimony that a firearm was used, deliberately committed perjury about this fact. A state…

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