Legal Opinion
United States v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2002No. 01-10142PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Louis Jones seeks a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) on the bases of ineffective assistance of counsel (two particulars), racial discrimination stemming from an alleged systematic pattern in the prosecution of death penalty cases by the United States Attorney General’s office, and alleged selective prosecution of death penalty cases based on the geographic location of the defendant at the time that the crime was committed. We deny his application on all issues.
I. BACKGROUND.
Jones, a retired servieemember, was convicted of kidnaping with death…
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