Case Name: John Henry SELVAGE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1990-03-06
Citations: 897 F.2d 745
Docket Number: No. 88-2278
Parties: John Henry SELVAGE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: Before POLITZ, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 897
Pages: 745–746

Head Matter:
John Henry SELVAGE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. James A. COLLINS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 88-2278.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 6, 1990.
Robert S. Walt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellant.
David Cunningham, Houston, Tex., George H. Kendall, New York City, for petitioner-appellee.
Before POLITZ, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
BY THE COURT:
CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS PURSUANT TO RULE 214 TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
TO THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AND THE HONORABLE JUSTICES THEREOF:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on remand from the United States Supreme Court has decided that this case presents a question of law that may be determinative of this case, for which there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeals. The question is whether petitioner Selvage's claim under Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 2934, 106 L.Ed.2d 256 (1989), is presently procedurally barred under Texas law. We certify this question pursuant to Rule 214, Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. The question was framed by the United States Supreme Court in its per curiam opinion filed February 21, 1990, — U.S. -, 110 S.Ct. 974, 108 L.Ed.2d 93.
The procedural history of this case is set out in Selvage v. State, 680 S.W.2d 17 (Tex.Crim.App.1984); Selvage v. Lynaugh, 823 F.2d 845 (5th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 933, 108 S.Ct. 309, 98 L.Ed.2d 268 (1987); Selvage v. Lynaugh, 842 F.2d 89 (5th Cir.1988), stay granted pending cert., 485 U.S. 983, 108 S.Ct. 1283, 99 L.Ed.2d 494 (1988), cert. granted in part, (Oct. 10, 1989), — U.S. —, 110 S.Ct. 231, 107 L.Ed.2d 182 (1989).
The names and addresses of counsel for each party are set out in the appendix.
APPENDIX A
Jim Mattox, Attorney General
Robert S. Walt, Assistant Attorney General
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
David P. Cunningham, Esq.
Attorney for Petitioner
1927 Norfolk
Houston, Texas 77098
Julius L. Chambers, Esq.
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10013
George H. Kendall, Esq.
31 Elm Street, Suite 236
Springfield, Massachusetts 01103