Legal Opinion
Scheanette v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2007No. 06-70015PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, Dale Devon Scheanette (“Scheanette”) petitions for a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) from the district court’s denial of federal habeas corpus relief. Because we find that reasonable jurists could not debate the propriety of the district court’s decisions regarding Schean-ette’s multiple alleged constitutional errors, we deny Scheanette’s application for a COA.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
The district court summarized the facts in its opinion denying Scheanette’s habeas corpus petition as follows:
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2Cases cited45 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Richard Cobb v. Rick Thaler, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
- Ortiz v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
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