COLEMAN v. VANNOY

No. 18-31166.

963 F.3d 429 (2020)

Marcus Vernell COLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Darrel VANNOY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus Vernell Coleman, pro se.

Karen C. McLellan , District Attorney's Office for the Parish of Calcasieu, Lake Charles, LA, Elizabeth Brooks Hollins , Assistant District Attorney, District Attorney's Office for the Parish of Calcasieu, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before SMITH, HIGGINSON, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.


A Louisiana jury convicted Marcus Coleman of armed robbery with a firearm. Coleman thinks that his trial lawyer rendered ineffective assistance in failing to object to testimony that supposedly violated the Confrontation Clause. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus on that basis. The state courts denied relief, and the...

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