Legal Opinion
Chester Lee Wicker v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1986No. 86-2660PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Chester Lee Wicker was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. He now comes to this court for the second time seeking habeas corpus relief on two grounds. The district court found each of Wicker’s claims to be meritless and denied him the certificate of probable cause that is required for an appeal to this court. We agree with the district court that Wicker now presents no issue that jurists of reason would consider debatable and, therefore, affirm the orders denying him both a certificate of probable cause and a stay of execution.
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