United States Fifth Circuit

District court need not presume ineffectiveness of counsel simply because a habeas petitioner alleges that his attorney slept though significant portions of the trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2000
• Published 10/27/2000

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Lee McGlasson, II, Decatur, GA, Mandy Welch, Burr & Welch, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellee., Julie Caruthers Parsley, Asst. Solicitor General, Stuart Kyle Duncan, Edward Larry Marshall, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellant.