HAYNES v. CAIN

No. 00-31012.

298 F.3d 375 (2002)

Brandon HAYNES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Burl CAIN, Warden Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Clay Walker, IV (argued), Walker, Tooke & Lyons, Shreveport, LA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Atty. (argued), Shreveport, LA, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER, DENNIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Burl Cain, the warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (the "Warden"), appeals the district court's grant of a writ of habeas corpus to Brandon Haynes pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on his Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claim. A panel of this court, analyzing Haynes' habeas petition under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"), Pub.L. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1269, affirmed the district...

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