DEL TORO v. QUARTERMAN

No. 06-40043.

498 F.3d 486 (2007)

David DEL TORO, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Tunnell, Tunnell & Cox, Lufkin, TX, for del Toro.

Ana Jordan, Austin, TX, for Quarterman.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

David del Toro, Jr., appeals the denial of his habeas corpus petition alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

I.

Del Toro was convicted in Texas state court, by guilty plea, of injury to a child and was sentenced to seventeen years' imprisonment. He did not directly appeal but did unsuccessfully petition the state for habeas relief.

The conviction stemmed from del Toro's treatment of his three...

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