Legal Opinion
Carl Blue v. Rick Thaler, Director
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 22, 2011No. 10-70025PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
In a habeas proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner Carl Henry Blue raised twenty-one separate challenges to his death sentence. The district court denied relief. Blue seeks a certificate of appealability for five issues. We will deny the request.
I
In 1994 a Texas jury found Carl Henry Blue guilty of capital murder, and Blue received a death sentence. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (“the CCA”) affirmed Blue’s conviction on direct appeal in 1996 and denied his first state habeas application in 1999. The following year, the federal district court…
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