United States Fifth Circuit

Death row inmate's Application for a Certificate of Appealability is denied. Failure to grant a continuance to substitute retained counsel did not violate her Sixth Amendment right; the mitigating evidence she presented was clearly within the scope of the existing special issues.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/20/2004
• Published 05/20/2004

Judges

• W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth A. Williams (argued), Gonzaga University, School of Law, Spokane, WA, Yolanda E. Jarmon, Law Offices of Yolanda Jarmon, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Katherine D. Hayes (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.