United States Fifth Circuit

Denial of habeas relief in a death penalty case is affirmed and a motion for a certificate of appealability is denied over claims of error regarding: 1) defendant's ineligibility for the death penalty by reason of mental retardation; 2) his ineligibility for the death penalty because he formed the mens rea to commit the murder in question before he was eighteen years of age; 3) denial of a suppression motion; and 4) ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2006
• Published 05/19/2006

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before GARZA, DeMOSS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Scott Sullivan, San Antonio, TX, for Moreno., Jeremy Craig Greenwell, Austin, TX, for Dretke.