Legal Opinion
Janecka v. Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2002No. 01-21013PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Allen Wayne Janecka, a Texas death row inmate, seeks a certificate of appeala-bility (“COA”) to challenge the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. Because Ja-necka has failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right with respect to any of his claims, we deny the COA.
Janecka has been sentenced to death for the murder for remuneration of fourteen-month-old Kevin Wanstrath. Kevin and his parents, Diana and John Wanstrath, were found dead in their home on July 6, 1979 by a neighbor — all died…
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