BOWER v. QUARTERMAN

No. 03-40980.

497 F.3d 459 (2007)

Lester Leroy BOWER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Buscemi (argued), Anthony Craig Roth, Grace E. Speights, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, for Bower.

Edward Larry Marshall (argued), Austin, TX, for Quarterman.

Before SMITH, DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Lester Leroy Bower, Jr. ("Bower"), a death row inmate, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted Bower a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") on his ineffective assistance of counsel claims and his Brady claim. Finding no error in the district court's denial of Bower's petition on these issues, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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