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TURNER v. QUARTERMAN

No. 06-70017.

481 F.3d 292 (2007)

Carlton Akee TURNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford Wayne Huff, Boerne, TX, for Turner.

Ellen Stewart-Klein, Austin, TX, for Quarterman.

Before SMITH, GARZA and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Carlton Turner applies for 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 Turner shot and killed his parents in their home and placed the bodies in the garage. He confessed...

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