ORTEGA v. McCOTTER

No. 84-1755.

808 F.2d 406 (1987)

Arturo Longoria ORTEGA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. O.L. McCOTTER, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonie Wells Whittier, (Court-appointed), Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Daniel Zemann, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEE, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Arturo Longoria Ortega, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, is appealing the judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas denying his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for writ of habeas corpus. Ortega claims that the prosecutor, John Green, and his assistant, Dennis Cadra, made prejudicial and inflammatory remarks throughout his trial, thereby violating his due process rights to...

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