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COLLIER v. COCKRELL

No. 01-10803.

300 F.3d 577 (2002)

James P. COLLIER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Janie COCKRELL, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Dennis Samonek (argued), Olson, Gibbons, Wilbur, Nicoud, Birne & Gueck, Mark A. Perez (argued), Perez & Lugo, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Charles A. Palmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Katherine D. Hayes (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner James Paul Collier ("Collier"), convicted of capital murder in Texas and sentenced to death, requests from this Court a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). For the reasons set forth below, we DENY the COA.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A brief summation of the evidence presented at trial is all that is necessary for this review. On the evening of March...

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