Richard Gerry Drinkard v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1996-10-07

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E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge: Richard Gerry Drinkard, a Texas death row inmate, seeks a certificate of probable cause (“CPC”) to appeal the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Construing his application for CPC as an application for a certificate of appeala-bility (“COA”) under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 , as amended by section 102 of the Antiterrorism and Effectiv…

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