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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. TERRY WAYNE IRVING, also known as Sealed Defendant 1, Defendant-Appellant
Terry Wayne Irving appeals the revocation of his supervised release. He was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and sentenced to 120 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release. His supervised release was revoked after the district court found that he possessed controlled substances and failed to notify his probation officer of his change of address, and he was sentenced to 51 months of imprisonment.
Irving contends that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to subpoena witnesses to give testimony in his favor at his revocation hearing and challenge the lack of fingerprint or related forensic evidence. We decline to review these claims on direct appeal because the record is not sufficiently developed for us to determine whether trial counsel was ineffective. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014). This determination is without prejudice to Irving's ability to raise his claims in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion.
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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Docket No: No. 15-60072
Decided: July 21, 2016
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
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