MATAMOROS v. STEPHENS

No. 10-70016.

783 F.3d 212 (2015)

John Reyes MATAMOROS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley G. Schneider (argued), Schneider & McKinney, P.C., Casie Lynn Gotro (argued), Law Office of Casie Gotro, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Douglas D. Geyser, Esq. (argued) Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


A Texas jury found John Reyes Matamoros guilty of capital murder, and the state trial court sentenced him to death. Matamoros sought post-conviction relief on the ground that he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for the death penalty under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304<...

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