OPINION AND FINAL ORDER
REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.
This matter was initiated on February 7, 1997, by petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted for the capital murder of Virginia State Trooper Jose Cavazos, and was sentenced to death on January 14, 1994.
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