RAYMOND LANDRY, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
v.
JAMES A. LYNAUGH, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE

5th Cir. | 1988-04-28
No. 88-2076
Before RUBIN, WILLIAMS, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
844 F.2d 1122 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1988)

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Holding

The court held that the petitioner's claim regarding improper hypotheticals during voir dire was not novel at the time of his trial, and therefore, his procedural default in failing to object contemporaneously was not excused.


Facts & Procedural History

The petitioner sought rehearing on his claim that the prosecutor's use of hypotheticals during voir dire was improper. He argued that his failure to o…

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Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

. Reed v. Ross, 468 U.S. 1, 14-15, 104 S.Ct. 2901, 2909-10, 82 L.Ed.2d 1 (1984).

. 472 U.S. 320, 105 S.Ct. 2633, 86 L.Ed.2d 231 (1985).

. Adams v. Wainwright, 804 F. 2d 1526 (11th Cir.1986), modified on reh’gsub nom. Adams v. Dugger, 816 F. 2d 1493, 1497-1500 (11th Cir. 1987) (per curiam), cert. granted, — U.S.-, 108 S.Ct. 1106, 99 L.Ed.2d 267 (1988).

. Caldwell, 472 U.S. at 341, 105 S.Ct. at 2646.

. Adams, 804 F. 2d at 1528.

. Id., 816 F. 2d at 1499-1500.

. See, e.g., Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153, 189-95, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 2932-35, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976); Proffitt v. Florida, 428 U.S. 242, 257-58, 96 S.Ct. 2960, 2969, 49 L.Ed.2d 913 (1976); Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280, 303-04, 96 S.Ct. 2978, 2991, 49 L.Ed.2d 944 (1976); Jurek v. Texas, 428 U.S. 262, 272-73, 96 S.Ct. 2950, 2956-57, 49 L.Ed.2d 929 (1976).

. See Lane v. Texas, 743 S.W. 2d 617, 619-29 (Tex.Crim.App.1987) (en banc); Gardner v. Texas, 730 S.W. 2d 675, 684-90 (Tex.Crim.App.1987) (en banc), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 108 S.Ct. 248, 98 L.Ed.2d 206 (1988). We take judicial notice of the state-court trial records in these cases, each of which discloses that the trial was held before Caldwell.

. See Reed, 468 U.S. at 19-20, 104 S.Ct. at 2912-13; Engle v. Isaac, 456 U.S. 107, 131-33, 102 S.Ct. 1558, 1573-74, 71 L.Ed.2d 783 (1982); Adams, 816 F. 2d at 1499-1500.


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