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WILLIAMS v. QUARTERMAN

No. 05-20350.

551 F.3d 352 (2008)

Nanon McKewn WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Olive, Tallahassee, FL, Morris H. Moon (argued), Texas Def. Serv., Houston, TX, Walter C. Long, Law Office of David L. Botsford, Austin, TX, for Williams.

Laura Grant Berins, Margaret L. Schmucker, Stephen M. Hoffman, Carole Susanne Callaghan (argued), Austin, TX, for Quarterman.

Before JOLLY, BARKSDALE and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

HAYNES, Circuit Judge:

Nanon Williams appeals the denial of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006), following his capital murder conviction in Texas state court. For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE and REMAND to the district court for a full evidentiary hearing on the ineffective assistance of counsel claims on which the Certificate of Appealability was granted.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

A. The Murder Trial

In 1995,...

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