Chronology of the Trial and Appeal process March 23, 1997 Arrested March 26, 1997 Indictment ordered Aug 25 - Nov, 1997 Jury Selection Dec 1-7, 1997 Trial - Guilt/Innocence phase December 8, 1997 Guilty Verdict December 9, 1997 Trial - Punishment phase December 10, 1997 Judgement and sentence of death by leathal injection December 10, 1997 Automatic appeal - Direct Appellate process (State) July 22, 1999 State Application for Habeas Corpus - appeal filed June 28, 2000 Texas Court of Criminal Appeal denies Direct Appeal July 17, 2000 State's Response to Application for Habeas Corpus Sepember 13, 2000 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denies Habeas appeal January 22, 2001 Certiorari to U.S. Supreme Court denied End of State Appellate Process Law requires only one year to file Federal Application for Habeas Corpus January 18, 2002 Federal Application for Habeas Corpus - filed brief February 26, 2002 Motion to Disclose information September 18, 2002 State files their response to Habeas appeal September 30, 2002 Denial of Motion to information November 18, 2002 Amended Motion to Disclose information September 12, 2003 Denial of Amended Motion to Disclose information March 10, 2004 Magistrate Judge files a Recommendation April 2004 Greg's Response to the Recommendation filed March 28, 2005 Order from Federal District Judge denying application April 8, 2005 Greg's Motion to alter or amend judgement filed June 24, 2005 Order denying motion to alter or amend judgement July 25, 2005 Appeal for Certificate of Appealability filed August 2005 ? Denial of Certificate of Appealability March 15, 2006 Appellant's Brief in support of application for Certificate of Appealability filed with 5th Circuit May 2006 Response in Opposition to application for COA Nov 17, 2006 Denial of COA by 5th Circuit Dec 7, 2006 Motion for Panel Rehearing - 5th Circuit Dec 18, 2006 Denial of Panel Rehearing - 5th Circuit