JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Tracy Lane Beatty was convicted of the capital murder of his mother and sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed on direct appeal and denied habeas relief. The district court denied Beatty's federal habeas petition and denied a certificate of appealability ("COA"). Beatty argues on appeal that he is entitled to a COA on two ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims. Because the district court...
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