CLARK v. JOHNSON

No. 98-11113.

202 F.3d 760 (2000)

Jack Wade CLARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Allen Taylor, Austin, TX, Kevin D. Fine, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Douglas A. Danzeiser, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jack Wade Clark, a Texas death row inmate, whose petition for habeas corpus relief and request for a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") from the denial thereof were both denied by the federal district court below, now seeks a COA from this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). For all of the reasons set forth below, we deny the request for a COA.

I. BACKGROUND

According to his own written confession, which...

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