AUSTIN v. DAVIS

No. 16-20586.

XAVIER A. AUSTIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy Lee Skaggs , for Respondent-Appellee.

Melissa L. Hargis , for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: HIGGINBOTHAM, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


Xavier A. Austin, Texas inmate # 1812666, was convicted of capital murder by a jury and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. See Austin v. State, No. 14-12-894-CR, 2014 WL 3555703, at *1-2 (Tex. Crim. App. July 17, 2014). He now seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal...

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