WOOD v. QUARTERMAN

No. 05-70042.

491 F.3d 196 (2007)

Jeffery Lee WOOD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Scott Sullivan (argued), San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Tomee Morgan Heining (argued), Post-conviction Litigation Div., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition filed by Jeffery Wood, a Texas death row inmate. The district court dismissed the petition in its entirety, but granted Wood a certificate of appealability ("COA") on his claims: (1) that the state trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation by denying his request to proceed pro se during the punishment phase of his...

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