Legal Opinion
Moore v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2008No. 08-70002PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Frank Moore was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. The district court denied federal habeas corpus relief. Because no “reasonable jurist[] would find the district court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong,” Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 338, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003) (internal citations and quotations omitted), we deny Moore’s request for a certificate of appealability (“COA”).
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A Texas jury convicted Moore of killing Samuel Boyd, 23, and Patrick Clark, 15, after an altercation in the parking lot of the…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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