Legal Opinion
Willie Trottie v. William Stephens, Director
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 14, 2013No. 11-70028PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
In 1993, a Texas jury sentenced Willie Tyrone Trottie to death for the murders of Barbara and Titus Canada. Trottie filed a federal habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting Strickland ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims, Brady suppression-of-evidence claims, and prose-cutorial-misconduct claims. After careful review, the district court denied the petition. Trottie now seeks a certificate of appealability (“COA”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). For the reasons that follow, we deny Trottie’s COA application.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Trottie…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
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3Cited by45 opinions
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