• Rocha v. Thaler

    Publication Date: 2010-09-14
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-09
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Patrick E. Higginbotham, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Nos. 05-70028 and 09-70018

    Published opinionBefore JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.Federal habeas petitioner Felix Rocha confessed to the murder of Rafael Fuentes-a security guard found shot to death outsi