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PANETTI v. STEPHENS

Nos. 08-70015, 08-70016.

727 F.3d 398 (2013)

Scott Louis PANETTI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn M. Kase, Esq. , Houston, TX, Gregory William Wiercioch (argued), Madison, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge.

A Texas jury convicted petitioner-appellant Scott Louis Panetti of capital murder and sentenced him to death. Panetti filed separate federal habeas petitions challenging his competency to be executed as well as his competency to represent himself at trial. The district court denied relief but granted a certificate of appealability. We affirm.

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This case has a long and complicated procedural history. In 1992...

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