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RIVERS v. QUARTERMAN

Civil Action No. H-07-2968.

661 F.Supp.2d 675 (2009)

Warren Darrell RIVERS, Petitioner, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent.

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

September 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Budd Wentz, Attorney at Law, Houston, TX, John Edward Wright, Attorney at Law, Huntsville, TX, for Petitioner.

Fredericka Sargent, Office of the Attorney General, Gena Blount Bunn, Texas Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHN D. RAINEY, District Judge.

Warren Darrell Rivers ("Rivers") petitions for federal habeas corpus relief. A jury convicted Rivers of capital murder in 1988 for killing eleven-year-old Carl Nance, Jr., during an aggravated sexual assault. In a separate penalty hearing, the prosecution and defense presented evidence relevant to Rivers' punishment. Texas law determined his sentence by the...

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