United States Fifth Circuit
COTTON v. COCKRELL, 02-21263
Any constitutional error that occurred through a prosecutor's comments on defendant's failure to testify was harmless in light of overwhelming evidence incriminating defendant for a murder, thus denial of habeas relief is affirmed.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/21/2003
- Published 08/22/2003
Judges
- EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kevin Scott Dunn, The Dunn Law Firm, The Woodlands, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- John Andrew Hutton, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.