United States Fifth Circuit
GIVENS v. COCKRELL, 00-40532
Because the law regarding admissibility of un-adjudicated offenses during the sentencing phase was unsettled, the court did not err in admitting the evidence and petitioner's counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the admission of the evidence.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/06/2001
- Published 09/06/2001
Judges
- JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Tracy Lee Givens, Gatesville, TX, pro se.
- For Appellees:
- Michelle Dulany Roche, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.