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CORDOVA v. JOHNSON

No. 98-50268.

157 F.3d 380 (1998)

George CORDOVA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Norbert Harkiewicz, San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Kristen L. Worman, Gena A. Blount, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

George Cordova, a Texas death row inmate, seeks a certificate of probable cause to appeal the district court's dismissal of his habeas petition. We deny the certificate.

I.

Cordova was first convicted for the capital murder of Jose M. Hernandez and sentenced to death in 1982. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Cordova's conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Cordova v. State, 698...

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