Fifth Circuit· 6/30/1997

Green v. Johnson

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116 F.3d 1115
1997 WL 359070

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concluding that the claims were resolved on the merits when “[n]either the trial court’s nor the Court of Criminal Appeals’s order ma[de] mention of procedural grounds for denying relief”
explaining that a ruling on substantive as opposed to procedural grounds constitutes a hearing “on the merits”
stating that conscious and informed decision on trial tactics and strategy cannot be the basis of ineffective-assistance claim unless it is so ill- chosen that it permeates the entire trial with obvious unfairness
stating that counsel has no general duty to anticipate changes in the law
stating that “there is no general duty on the part of defense counsel to anticipate changes in the law” and that “counsel is not ineffective for failing to raise a claim that Texas courts have rejected repeatedly”
noting that on appeal, counsel has 1 See Docket No. 13 at 4 (recognizing that the Fifth Circuit has never considered Petitioner’s Rule 35 argument in the context of a proceeding pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c

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Judges: DeMOSS, Parker, Smith

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