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VELA v. ESTELLE

No. 82-1236.

708 F.2d 954 (1983)

Conrado VELA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W.J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Baker, Texas Tech Univ., School of Law, Lubbock, Tex., Court-Appointed, for petitioner-appellant.

Brenda K. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, RUBIN and TATE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 23, 1983.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

INTRODUCTION:

Petitioner Conrado Vela, a prisoner in the Texas Department of Corrections, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. We conclude that Vela's counsel at his sentencing proceeding was constitutionally deficient, and that counsel's errors resulted in actual and substantial...

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