GOODWIN v. JOHNSON

No. 95-20134.

132 F.3d 162 (1997)

Alvin Urial GOODWIN, III, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Amended January 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn Bernard Lamberty, Kansas City, MO, Gregory William Wiercioch, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

William Charles Zapalac, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before KING, JOLLY and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

The opinion entered in this cause on December 23, 1997, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

Alvin Urial Goodwin, a Texas death row inmate convicted of capital murder, challenges the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Goodwin has alleged, among other things, that his appellate counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance because he failed to raise a state law issue...

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