Matt Banks v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden

PER CURIAM: *

Defendant-Appellant Matt Banks, Louisiana prisoner #116002, was convicted by a jury of two counts of second degree murder and was sentenced to two consecutive life terms of imprisonment. His convictions and sentences were affirmed on appeal. State v. Banks, 86 So.3d 56 (La. App. 2d 1/25/12). After failing to obtain state habe-as relief, Banks filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging his convictions and sentences. The district court denied Banks’s petition and denied a certificate of appealability (“COA”). This court granted Banks a COA on the sole issue of whether the…