Legal Opinion
Matchett v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 9, 2004No. 03-20197PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner-Appellant Farley Charles Matchett, a Texas death-row prisoner (# 999060), seeks a certificate of appeala-bility (“COA”) to appeal the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus application on the ground that his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are procedurally defaulted.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
In 1993, Matchett pleaded guilty to the capital murder of Uries Anderson by stabbing him and hitting him with a hammer during a robbery. See Matchett v. State, 941 S.W.2d 922, 926 (Tex.Crim.App.1996). Following completion of the punishment proceeding against…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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