Legal Opinion
Busby v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 25, 2004No. 03-40492PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
Petitioner-appellant Jasen Shane Busby has been convicted of capital murder in the Texas state courts and sentenced to death. The district court denied Busby’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus but granted Busby a certificate of appealability (COA) on several issues. This court later denied Busby’s request for a COA on additional claims. We now address the issues for which Busby was granted a COA. Finding them without merit under the governing standards, we affirm the district court’s denial of habeas relief.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The basic facts of the crime…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by218 opinions
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