1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 625 F.3d
  5. 625 F.3d 229 (2010)
 

MALDONADO v. THALER

No. 10-70003.

625 F.3d 229 (2010)

Virgilio MALDONADO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 29, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Layne E. Kruse (Court-Appointed), Darryl Wade Anderson (argued), Richard N. Carrell , Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Maldonado.

Matthew Dennis Ottoway , Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Postconviction Lit. Div., Austin, TX, for Thaler.

Before KING, STEWART and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

KING, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner-appellee, Virgilio Maldonado, was sentenced to death in 1997 in Texas state court for a murder committed during the course of a robbery in 1995. After exhausting state-court avenues for postconviction relief, he sought habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in federal district court. The district court denied the petition for habeas relief and denied a certificate of appealability (COA). We granted a COA as to Maldonado's claim...

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