Nickleson v. Stephens, No. 13-41313 (5th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, convicted of murder, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for habeas relief. At the hearing for petitioner's application for habeas relief, petitioner's counsel asserted for the first time that three trial court errors combined to deprive petitioner of a fundamentally fair trial. The court held that petitioner's newly raised ground for relief from conviction was unexhausted in the state courts and procedurally barred from review in the federal courts. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief.
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