U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals 

Posted: 1:00 am Fri, January 28, 2005
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<button><b><font face="arial">Criminal Procedure</font></b></button><b><i>Certificate of appealability</i></b><b>BOTTOM LINE:</b> Appeal was dismissed where appellant failed to obtain a certificate of appealability to appeal the denial of a habeas petition that was unauthorized and successive.<b>CASE:</b> Jones v. Braxton, No. 03-6891 (decided December 28, 2004) (LUTTIG, Shedd & Hudson (sitting by designation)). RecordFax No. 4-1228-60, 13 pages. <b>COUNSEL:</b> Justin Sanjeeve Antonipillai, Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Washington, for Appellant. Steven Andrew Witmer, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for Appellees. <b>FACTS:</b> Benjamin Henderson Jones was convicted by a Virginia court in 1987 of the murders of his mother and half-brother and sentenced to life imprisonment plus 20 years. See Jones v. Angelone, 94 F.3d 900, 903-04 (4th Cir. 1996). Subsequently, he brought three habeas ac