Opinion ID: 4014803
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: denial of coa

Text: Based on all the above, the district court denied all relief under the second amended petition. It also denied a COA. Although it noted that “[i]n death penalty cases, any doubt as to whether a CoA should issue must be resolved in the petitioner’s favor,” it concluded there was no such doubt here, 35 Id. 36 Id. at . 37 2015 WL 3651534 at . 17 Case: 15-70019 Document: 00513587138 Page: 18 Date Filed: 07/11/2016 No. 15-70019 at least with respect to the Martinez/Trevino procedural default issue (i.e., whether Trevino sufficiently alleged that his state habeas counsel rendered ineffective assistance for failing to raise the ineffective-assistance-of-trialcounsel claim) and the prejudice prong of Strickland. 38