Fifth Circuit· 6/26/1997

Lackey v. Johnson

Citations

116 F.3d 149
1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 15356
1997 WL 312591

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that we do not address arguments that lie “outside the ambit of the COA”
noting that appellate review is limited to the issues for which the district court grants COA
explaining lawyer not ineffective for failing to discover evidence that client knew but withheld
“[W]e decline to address those claims that Lackey has raised for the first time on appeal because those issues are deemed waived.”
“A plain reading of the AEDPA compels the conclusion that COAs are granted on an issue-by-issue basis, thereby limiting appellate review to those issues alone.”
“A plain reading of the AEDPA compels the conclusion that COAs are granted on an issue-by-issue basis, thereby limiting appellate review to those issues alone.”

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Judges: Benavides, Stewart, Wisdom

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