Legal Opinion
Michael R. Romero v. Robert J. Tansy and Attorney General of the State of New Mexico
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1995No. 94-2009, 94-2011PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Michael R. Romero was convicted in New Mexico state court of several offenses, including robbery, armed robbery with a firearm enhancement, and arson, and was sentenced to a total of twenty-five years of imprisonment and two years of parole. He filed three petitions for writs of habeas corpus in federal district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming various constitutional infirmities in his state court proceedings. He now appeals the district court’s denial of his petitions. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm in part and…
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