UNITED STATES v. GUERRA

No. 80-1304. Summary Calendar.

628 F.2d 410 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert GUERRA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

October 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Botts, Lee L. Kaplan, Court-appointed, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Arthur D. Porcella, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and TATE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner, Robert Guerra, appeals District Court's denial of his § 2255 motion. He asserts trial counsel was defective because his counsel (i) failed to advise him that his letter to the Judge contained an incriminating statement, (ii) did not conduct an adequate investigation of the case, (iii) did not cross-examine the Government's key witness regarding discrepancies in her pretrial statement, and (iv...

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