Ronford Lee Styron, Jr. v. Gary L Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

Ronford Lee Styron, Jr., seeks a certificate of appealability (“COA”) on twelve issues to appeal the district court’s denial of his application for habeas corpus and seeks relief from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. The district court considered and rejected a certificate on these twelve issues although it granted a COA on four other issues. For the reasons that follow, we deny Styron’s requests for a COA, and we affirm the denial of habeas relief.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Appellant Ronford Lee Styron, Jr., was convicted of the capital murder of his…