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VEGA v. JOHNSON

No. 97-50875.

149 F.3d 354 (1998)

Martin Sauceda VEGA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Amador, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Douglas A. Danzeiser, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before SMITH, WIENER and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Martin Vega, who confessed to a murder-for-hire, seeks habeas corpus relief from a sentence of death. The federal district court denied relief. Because most of Vega's claims are entirely meritless and the others are barred by Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288, 109 S.Ct. 1060, 103 L.Ed.2d 334 (1989), we affirm.

I.

In July 1985, after receiving a report of a homicide, Sheriff Mike Bading...

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