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MARTINEZ v. QUARTERMAN

No. 06-70011.

481 F.3d 249 (2007)

Virgil Euristi MARTINEZ, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Charlton, Law Office of Michael B. Charlton, El Prado, NM, Don Vernay, Rio Rancho, NM, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Woodson Erich Dryden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Postconviction Litigation Div., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PRADO, Circuit Judge:

Respondent-Appellant Nathaniel Quarterman ("Quarterman") appeals the opinion and order of the district court granting Petitioner-Appellee Virgil Euristi Martinez's ("Martinez") petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Martinez alleged, and the district court agreed, that his trial attorneys, Jerri Yenne and Stan McGee, provided ineffective assistance of counsel by inadequately investigating temporal...

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