BROWN v. THALER

No. 11-70012.

684 F.3d 482 (2012)

Arthur BROWN, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Lee Calhoun (Court-Appointed), Austin, TX, Paul Edward Mansur (Court-Appointed), Denver City, TX, Petitioner-Appellant.

Woodson Erich Dryden , Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty., Gen., Postconviction Lit. Div., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, GARZA and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Arthur Brown, Jr. was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas for the 1992 murders of Jessica Quinones, Jose Guadalupe Tovar, Frank Farias, and Audrey Brown. He has applied for a certificate of appealability ("COA") from this Court so that he can appeal the district court's denial of federal habeas relief on his claim that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to adequately investigate and present mitigating...

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