HULL, Circuit Judge:
Ken E. Lott, a death-sentenced Florida prisoner, seeks a certificate of appealability ("COA") to appeal the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 federal habeas corpus petition. We deny Lott's COA application because he fails to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).
I. BACKGROUND
In March 1994, Lott brutally murdered Rose Conners. The Florida...
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