Garza v. Stephens

PER CURIAM: *

Petitioner Joe Garza (“Garza”) was convicted for capital murder and sentenced to *406death, after a retrial on punishment, in proceedings in Texas state court. Following his unsuccessful challenges to the conviction on direct appeal and through state habeas review, he filed a petition in federal district court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied that petition and Garza’s application for a certificate of ap-pealability (“COA”). Garza now seeks a COA from this court, which we DENY for the reasons set out below.

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The facts underlying Garza’s 1998 conviction are not in…