Troy Clark v. William Stephens, Director

PER CURIAM: *

Troy Clark was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court in March 2000. For the punishment phase of Clark’s trial, Clark's trial counsel failed to investigate or present any mitigating evidence. Clark was sentenced to death. Clark was appointed new counsel for his state habeas proceedings. Clark’s state habeas counsel investigated for five hours and obtained one affidavit to support a claim that trial counsel were ineffective when they failed to present any mitigating evidence. Clark’s state habeas petition was denied on the merits, and he was represented by the same…