CLARK v. JOHNSON

No. 00-40061.

227 F.3d 273 (2000)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Rasmussen, Wichita Falls, TX, Frank D. Brown, Harris & Brown, Alpine, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Tomee Morgan Carden Crocker, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

Texas death row inmate James Lee Clark requests that we grant a certificate of appealability as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) before an appeal may be taken from the district court's denial of habeas relief. We deny Clark's request.

I. FACTS and PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In the early morning of June 7, 1993, James Lee Clark and James Brown arrived at a Texaco store in Denton, Texas, and asked the store clerk to call an ambulance...

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