Young v. Davis, No. 15-70023 (5th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, convicted of murder and related charges, challenged the constitutionality of his confinement and death sentence in federal district court. The court denied a certificate of appealability (COA) on petitioner's first claim that the state violated the Constitution in striking a potential juror on the purported basis of her work with a prison ministry group where the claim is defaulted; denied a COA on petitioner's second claim that the trial court caused the jurors to misapprehend the proper mechanics of the punishment-phase voting process where the claim is defaulted and meritless; granted a COA on petitioner's third claim that the trial court violated his constitutional rights by omitting a statutorily required jury instruction where the claim is adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further; and granted a COA on petitioner's fourth claim that his counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the trial court’s incomplete jury instructions where the issue of prejudice is adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.
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