Legal Opinion
Elizalde v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 2004No. 03-20508PublishedCited by 675 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Jaime Elizalde, Jr. seeks a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) to appeal the district court’s denial of his petition for habe- as corpus. Specifically he requests a COA to appeal the district court’s ruling that his claims 1) that he is actually innocent, 2) that the State withheld exculpatory evidence, and 3) that he was denied effective assistance of counsel both at trial and during his direct appeal are procedurally barred because they were not exhausted in state court. Elizalde also seeks a COA to appeal the district court’s denial, on the merits, of his…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Leslie Wayne Yohey v. James A. Collins, Director Department of Criminal Justice Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by675 opinions
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- Ruiz v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
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