LeJames Norman v. William Stephens, Director

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

LeJames Norman petitioned for a federal writ of habeas corpus raising two claims of ineffective assistance of counsel (“LAC”) and requesting an evidentiary hearing to develop his claims. The district court denied Norman’s petition and request and sua sponte denied a certificate of appeala-bility (“COA”). Norman requests a COA from this court on three issues. We deny that motion.

I

The district court summarized the details of the triple murder as follows, based on Norman’s testimony at his accomplice’s capital-murder trial.

On August 24, 2005, Norman and accomplice…