Legal Opinion
Cotton v. Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 22, 2003No. 02-21263PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Marcus Bridger Cotton was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for murdering Assistant District Attorney Gil Epstein during a robbery in November 1997. After he exhausted state remedies, Cotton filed a § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court raising twelve issues. The district court granted the state’s motion for summary judgment on all twelve issues. The district court granted summary judgment and denied Cotton’s petition. The district court also refused to grant a certificate of appealability (“COA”) on any of the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by82 opinions
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