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LOYD v. WHITLEY

No. 90-3764.

977 F.2d 149 (1992)

Alvin Scott LOYD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil M. Burglass, Jr., Douglas W. Freese, Stephen F. Cameron, New Orleans, La., John W. Getsinger, James J. Bertrand, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, Minn., for petitioner-appellant.

George Ann Hayne Graugnard, Asst. Dist. Atty., John M. Crum, Jr., Edgard, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, HIGGINBOTHAM and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Having been convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death by a jury, Alvin Scott Loyd petitions for federal habeas corpus relief claiming ineffective assistance of counsel in the penalty phase of his capital murder trial. The district court denied his petition. Finding ineffective assistance of counsel in the penalty phase, we reverse, render, and remand.

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