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HERRERA v. COLLINS

No. 89-6071.

904 F.2d 944 (1990)

Leonel Torres HERRERA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 25, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Andrea L. March, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before KING, JOHNSON and JONES, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

A jury found Leonel Torres Herrera guilty of capital murder. Punishment was assessed at death. Herrera is now before this Court on appeal from the district court's denial of his writ of habeas corpus. Concluding that the existing law warrants no other result, we affirm the district court's denial of habeas relief.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A jury found Herrera guilty of the capital murder of Enrique Carrisalez, a peace officer...

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