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TROTTIE v. STEPHENS

No. 11-70028.

720 F.3d 231 (2013)

Willie Tyrone TROTTIE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Adler , Bellaire, TX, Zoe Dolan , New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Woodson Erich Dryden, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Matthew Hamilton Frederick (argued), Assistant Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

In 1993, a Texas jury sentenced Willie Tyrone Trottie to death for the murders of Barbara and Titus Canada. Trottie filed a federal habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting Strickland ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims, Brady suppression-of-evidence claims, and prosecutorial-misconduct claims. After careful review, the district court denied the petition. Trottie now seeks a certificate of...

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