Legal Opinion
Ramiro Ibarra v. Rick Thaler, Director
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2012No. 11-70031PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
The court has considered Ramiro Rubi Ibarra’s application for a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) from the district court’s denial of habeas relief following his capital murder conviction. The issues he raises concerning mental retardation, ineffective trial counsel and breach of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations were rejected by the district court in terms that are not debatable among reasonable jurists. We therefore DENY the application.
Background
The district court ably detailed the facts of this case; we recite them only as material here. Ramiro…
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