Woods v. Cockrell

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Woods, a Texas state death penalty inmate, requests a certificate of appealability (“COA”) under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2253-2254 on two issues. First, whether the standard of review used by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals when reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence relating to the jury’s determination of the special issue of future dangerousness, and whether its refusal to review the trial jury’s determination of the sufficiency of mitigating evidence at all, violates constitutional due process and equal protection. Second, whether the Texas trial…