David Ducros v. Burl Cain, Warden

PER CURIAM: *

Petitioner-Appellant David Ducros, Louisiana prisoner # 117331, appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition in which he sought relief from his conviction for second degree murder and his sentence of life imprisonment. The district court denied relief but granted a certificate of appealability on the issues whether (1) Ducros was denied effective assistance of trial counsel because his lawyers prevented him from testifying, and (2) the trial court’s instruction on reasonable doubt was unconstitutional.

As these claims were adjudicated in a state court proceeding, we…