United States Fifth Circuit

A certificate of appealability to challenge a death sentence is denied where an attorney's calling of the victim's father as a witness at the punishment phase of the trial, and the substance of that questioning, did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/31/2002
• Published 07/31/2002

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, SMITH and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Scott Sullivan, San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Margaret L. Schmucker, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.