Feldman v. Thaler, No. 11-70013 (5th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePetitioner was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas for two murders. Petitioner challenged his death sentence in habeas corpus proceedings under 28 U.S.C. 2254. The district court denied relief and petitioner sought a certificate of appealability. Petitioner raised issues related to ineffective assistance of counsel, violation of his Fourteenth Amendment rights under Beck v. Alabama, and violation of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights because the trial judge excluded a jurist on the basis of her conscientious scruples against the death penalty. The court denied petitioner's request because jurists of reason could not debate the district court's denial of habeas relief under section 2254.
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