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HILL v. JOHNSON

No. 99-10801.

210 F.3d 481 (2000)

Mack Oran HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Lee Calhoun, Austin, TX, for Petitioner—Appellant.

Kristen Alline Bates, Austin, TX, for Respondent—Appellee.

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

KING, Chief Judge:

As is required under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), Texas death row inmate Mack Oran Hill requests that we grant a certificate of appealability to enable him to obtain review of the district court's denial of habeas relief. For the reasons that follow, we deny his request.

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Following a jury trial, Mack Oran Hill ("Hill") was convicted of capital murder on July 7, 1989, and was sentenced to death on August 3,...

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