Brown, Jr. v. Thaler, No. 11-70012 (5th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePetitioner was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas for the murders of four victims. Petitioner applied for a certificate of appealability (COA) so that he could appeal the district court's denial of his federal habeas relief on his claim that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to adequately investigate and present mitigating evidence at the punishment phase of his trial. The court concluded that reasonable jurists would not find debatable the district court's conclusion that the state court did not unreasonably apply clearly established federal law on the record before it, and that petitioner's claims were not adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further. Accordingly, the court denied petitioner's request for a COA.
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