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JACKSON v. DRETKE

No. 05-70031.

450 F.3d 614 (2006)

James Lewis JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 30, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Williams, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, for Jackson.

Woodson Erich Dryden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Dretke.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

James Jackson seeks a certificate of appealability ("COA") from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because he cannot make a substantial showing of the denial of a federal constitutional right, we deny a COA.

I.

The evidence presented at trial established that Jackson murdered his wife and her two daughters because his wife intended to divorce him. Jackson confessed...

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