Legal Opinion
Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2001No. 00-10784PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Thomas Joe Miller-El (“Miller-El”), who was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court and who was sentenced to death therefor, and whose petition for habeas corpus relief and request for a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) therefrom were both denied by the federal district court below, now seeks from this Court a COA pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). For all of the reasons set forth below, we DENY the request for a COA.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1985, Miller-El’s wife, Dorothy Miller-El, was employed as a night maid for the lobby area of the Holiday Inn…
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