In Re Manuel De La Cruz Leyva v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• \rules of professional conduct generally disapprove of lawyers testifying at proceedings in which they are also advocates.\
• “[The petitioner] has utterly failed to show that . . . there is a reasonable probability the jury would have found [him] not guilty.”
• “In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1), we presume the factual findings of the state habeas court are correct, since Appellant has not presented clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.”
• “Although an attorney has an ethical duty to advance the interest of her client, that duty is limited by an equally solemn duty to comply with the law and standards of professional conduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).