Fifth Circuit· 1/10/1997

Childress v. Johnson

Citations

103 F.3d 1221
1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 398
1997 WL 8836

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applying Cronic when counsel offered no advice to defendant at a plea hearing and conducted no investigation to assist the defendant
noting that Strickland governs most right to counsel claims
defense counsel appointed solely to execute defendant's waiver of jury trial and performed no other service for defendant
\constructive denial of counsel as described inCronic affords only a narrow exception to the requirement that prejudice must be proved\
defense counsel appointed solely to execute defendant’s waiver of jury trial and performed no other service for defendant
defense counsel appointed solely to execute defendant’s waiver of jury trial and performed no other service for defendant

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Judges: Higginbotham, Duhé, Benavides

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