MALDONADO v. THALER

Civil Action No. H-07-2984.

662 F.Supp.2d 684 (2009)

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

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

September 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Layne Edwin Kruse, Fulbright and Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Gena Blount Bunn, Texas Attorney General, Thomas M. Jones, Assistant Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NANCY F. ATLAS, District Judge.

Virgilio Maldonado ("Maldonado"), a Texas inmate incarcerated under a sentence of death, petitions for habeas corpus relief. (Doc. # 1). A jury convicted Maldonado for committing the capital murder of Cruz C. Saucedo during a robbery. After a separate punishment hearing, the same jury answered Texas' special issue questions in a manner requiring the imposition of a death sentence. After availing...

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