MOORE v. BETO

No. 71-2444.

458 F.2d 386 (1972)

Harold Orlando MOORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Whinery, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Howard M. Fender, Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before BELL, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The single issue presented by this appeal is whether the State of Texas furnished the petitioner-appellant with such an ineffective counsel for his assistance as to deny his rights under the Sixth Amendment. We are pointed to eight separate areas of pre-trial and trial conduct, which are asserted individually and in their cumulative impact to demonstrate counsel's ineffectiveness. Applying the ad hoc rule of this Circuit, we cannot say that the conduct...

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