1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 620 F.3d
  5. 620 F.3d 1261 (2010)
 

TOVAR MENDOZA v. HATCH

No. 09-2145.

620 F.3d 1261 (2010)

Carlos TOVAR MENDOZA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Timothy HATCH, Warden; Erasmo Bravo, Warden, Guadalupe Correctional Center; Attorney General for the State of New Mexico, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kari Converse , Assistant Federal Public Defender, ( Alonzo J. Padilla , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Office of Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Margaret McLean , Assistant Attorney General ( Gary K. King , Attorney General, with her on the brief), Santa Fe, NM, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge, MELGREN, District Judge.

BRISCOE, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Carlos Tovar Mendoza (Tovar), a New Mexico state prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand with instructions to conditionally grant Tovar's petition, subject to the State of New Mexico allowing Tovar to withdraw his no contest...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases