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COTTON v. COCKRELL

No. 02-21263.

343 F.3d 746 (2003)

Marcus Bridger COTTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Janie COCKRELL, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Scott Dunn, The Dunn Law Firm, The Woodlands, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

John Andrew Hutton, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before JONES, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Marcus Bridger Cotton was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for murdering Assistant District Attorney Gil Epstein during a robbery in November 1997. After he exhausted state remedies, Cotton filed a § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court raising twelve issues. The district court granted the state's motion for summary judgment on all twelve issues. The district court granted summary...

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