MORELAND v. SCOTT

No. 98-40313.

175 F.3d 347 (1999)

James Walter MORELAND, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne SCOTT, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Maloney, Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Kristen Alline Bates, Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

James Walter Moreland seeks review of the district court's denial of his application for federal habeas relief from his judgment of conviction in 1983 of capital murder and sentence of death by the State of Texas. We will not describe the crime here. It is sufficient to explain that the two victims were each stabbed numerous times in a small area of the upper portion of their backs...

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