FELDMAN v. THALER

No. 11-70013.

695 F.3d 372 (2012)

Douglas Alan FELDMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Norris , Law Office of Robin Norris, El Paso, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Stephen M. Hoffman , Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Douglas Alan Feldman was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas for the 1998 murders of Robert Everett and Nicolas Velasquez. Feldman challenged his death sentence in habeas proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied relief and Feldman now seeks a certificate of appealability. We deny Feldman's request.

I.

The facts of Feldman's crimes are essentially undisputed...

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