Legal Opinion
Cesar Roberto Fierro v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1989No. 88-1507PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
In 1980> Cesar Roberto Fierro was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by the state of Texas. He now appeals the federal district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
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In 1980 Fierro was convicted in a state court in Texas of committing murder during the course of a robbery, and sentenced to death. By 1987, Fierro had exhausted all opportunities for state relief. In September 1987, he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. The district court entered a judgment in June 1988, denying the…
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