Jesus Ledesma Aguilar v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

W.EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Jesus Ledesma Aguilar (Aguilar), was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in Texas state court for the murders of Annette and Leonardo Chavez, Sr. In this appeal, Aguilar challenges the district court’s dismissal of his habeas petition. Aguilar seeks COA on six claims on which relief was denied by the district court. He also seeks reversal on the merits of the single claim on which the district court granted COA. For the reasons discussed below, we deny habeas relief on that claim. We also deny COA on the remaining claims.

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Petitioner was…