CORDOVA v. JOHNSON

No. CIV. SA-95-CA-1014-EP.

993 F.Supp. 473 (1998)

George CORDOVA, SID No. 0213157, Petitioner, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, San Antonio Division.

February 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven N. Harkiewicz, San Antonio, TX, for George Cordova petitioner.

John Jacks, Office of the Attorney General, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Austin, TX, for Gary Johnson, Dan Morales, Atty. General, respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PRADO, District Judge.

Petitioner George Cordova filed this action pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 seeking federal habeas corpus review of his state conviction for capital murder and sentence of death. As grounds for relief, petitioner argues in his first amended petition that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance at both the guilt-innocence and punishment phases of petitioner's state capital murder...

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