Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2006No. 05-70005PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, Christopher Coleman petitions for a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) from the district court’s denial of federal habeas corpus relief. Because we find that reasonable jurists could not debate the propriety of the district court’s decisions regarding Coleman’s multiple alleged constitutional errors, we deny Coleman’s application for a COA.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
On the night of December 13, 1995, Christopher Coleman and two other men were driving together around Houston, Texas. They stopped on a dead-end…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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3Cited by39 opinions
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