Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. Stephens
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 21, 2017No. 11-70011PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Rolando Ruiz murdered Theresa Rodriguez for remuneration on July 14, 1992, a crime for which he has been convicted and sentenced to death. In the two decades since, Ruiz has enjoyed the full benefit of the procedural protections of the laws of the United States and the State of Texas. With less than a month before his execution, Ruiz returns to this Court, asserting that we were in error in determining that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had denied his Wiggins claims on the merits rather than based on state procedural grounds. Unpersuaded, we deny…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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