Coleman v. Thaler, No. 12-70002 (5th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, convicted of capital murder of a nine-year-old and sentenced to death, appealed the district court's denial of her petition for habeas relief. Petitioner sought a certificate of appealability (COA) so that she could appeal on three grounds: first, her legal team failed to investigate facts relevant to her conviction for capital murder; second, her legal team failed to investigate and present mitigation evidence, and third, she was incarcerated for an offense of which she was actually innocent. Because jurists of reason would not disagree with or find debatable the district court's rejection of her claims, the court denied her request for a COA.
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