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SANCHEZ v. DAVIS

No. 17-10652.

936 F.3d 300 (2019)

Roberto SANCHEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 28, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Robert Sheppard, III , Counsel, King & Spalding, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Roberto Sanchez, New Boston, TX, pro se.

Heather Gebelin Hacker , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, Elizabeth Alisse Goettert , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, HIGGINSON, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.

A Texas jury took just 24 minutes to convict Roberto Sanchez of murder for chasing down unarmed Sergio Gonzalez and stabbing him in the heart. In this federal habeas action, Sanchez claims his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated because his trial attorney failed to object when the...

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