United States Fifth Circuit

Petition for habeas corpus relief is denied in a capital murder case where: 1) defense counsel, and not the constraints imposed by the Texas special issues, removed certain mitigating evidence from consideration by the jury; and 2) pedophilia is not a mitigating factor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/14/2006
• Published 07/14/2006

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alexander Lee Calhoun (argued), Law Office of Alex Calhoun, Austin, TX, for Garcia., Fredericka Searle Sargent (argued), Austin, TX, for Quarterman.