THOMAS v. VANNOY

No. 17-30178.

898 F.3d 561 (2018)

Anthony THOMAS, Petitioner-Appellee v. Darrel VANNOY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caitlin Mary Ambrose Chugg , James Gordon Knipe, III , Manasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger, P.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Colin Andrew Clark, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, for the State of Louisiana, Andrea Barient , Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


This case asks us to traverse the knotty terrain at the intersection of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"), double jeopardy, and ineffective assistance of counsel. We are called upon to review the lower court's decision to grant habeas...

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