Legal Opinion
Summers v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 2, 2005No. 04-70017PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant Gregory Lynn Summers (“Summers”) appeals from the district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Summers also seeks a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) for claims not certified by the district court. Because Summers has failed to carry his burden in both, we affirm the judgment of the district court and deny Summers’s application.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
A. Underlying Crime and Involved Persons
Mandell Eugene Summers, Helen Summers, and Billy Mack Summers were fatally stabbed and left in a burning building.…
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