United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of defendant's successive habeas petition challenging a capital murder conviction and death sentence is affirmed where defendant failed to meet the due diligence requirement of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) with regards to his claims of prosecutorial misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/13/2006
• Published 03/14/2006

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven Gregory White (argued), Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, Waco, TX, for Johnson., Woodson Erich Dryden, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Dretke.