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ESSLINGER v. DAVIS

No. 93-6572.

44 F.3d 1515 (1995)

Danny Eugene ESSLINGER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Leoneal DAVIS, Warden; Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Robbins, Polson & Robbins, Birmingham, AL, for appellant.

Shirley Z. Osborne Brown and Yvonne A. Henderson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, AL., for appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.

TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

Danny Eugene Esslinger, having been convicted on a plea of guilty to a charge of first degree rape, is serving a ninety-nine year sentence in the Alabama prison system. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, vacating that conviction on the ground, among others, that his court-appointed attorney rendered ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by failing adequately to investigate his case...

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