Raphael Holiday v. William Stephens, Director

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge: *

Petitioner Raphael Holiday (“Holiday”) was convicted on multiple counts of capital murder and sentenced to death in Texas. He applies to this Court for a certifícate of appealability (“COA”) for numerous claims on which the district court denied him habeas relief and denied him a COA. For the reasons below, we deny Holiday’s application on each claim he presents.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Tami Lynn Wilkerson (“Wilkerson”) and Holiday lived together with Wilkerson’s two daughters, Tierra and Jasmine, and with Wilkerson and Holiday’s baby, Justice.…