Michael Patrick Moore v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Michael Moore seeks a certificate of ap-pealability (“COA”) to allow him to present six claims to this court. Because Moore’s claims lack merit under the requisite standard, we deny a COA.

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Moore was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. He directly appealed his conviction and sentence to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, then petitioned the United States Supreme Court for review, but was denied both times. Moore then filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the state courts and federal district court but was denied again at each stage.…