Sorto v. Davis

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Filed 02/07/2018

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 2018-02-07

Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently June 2025

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2 counsel of record

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 2018-02-07

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¶1David R. Dow, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

¶2Jason R. LaFond, Stephen M. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, Katherine D. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

¶3Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM

¶5Treating Respondent-Appellee’s petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing, the petition for panel rehearing is GRANTED. The prior opinion, Sorto v. Davis, 859 F.3d 356 (5th Cir. 2017), is withdrawn, and a revised opinion will be forthcoming.