Trottie v. Stephens, No. 11-70028 (5th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseAfter the district court denied petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition, he sought a certificate of appealability (COA) pursuant to section 2253(c)(2). The court concluded that petitioner's counsel did not provide ineffective assistance and rejected petitioner's claims under Strickland v. Washington; petitioner's allegations, under Brady v. Maryland, that the State suppressed favorable statements it obtained in investigating his case were rejected by the court; and, assuming the prosecutor's statements regarding excluded evidence were improper, they did not substantially affect petitioner's right to a fair trial. Accordingly, the court concluded that reasonable jurists would not debate the district court's conclusions and denied the COA application.
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