Cannady v. Dretke

PER CURIAM: *

Rogelio Reyes Cannady was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering Leovigildo Bómbale Bonal while Cannady was in prison serving two life sentences for prior murders he committed. After he exhausted state remedies, Cannady filed a federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court denied relief and refused to grant a certificate of appealability (“COA”).

Cannady now seeks a COA from this court on four issues: ineffective assistance of trial counsel; whether his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel concerning his defense of actual innocence was procedurally…