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· 7/14/1972

Joe Cisneros Gomez v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

Citations

  • 462 F.2d 596
  • 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 8413

How courts have described this case

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  • counsel knew of defendant’s only defense and was given names of witnesses, yet failed to contact them
  • counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and subpoena alibi witnesses because, among other things, ‘‘he did not believe [that] a person could remember that long ago’’
  • counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and subpoena alibi witnesses because, among other things, \he did not believe [that] a person could remember that long ago\

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Judges: Bell, Dyer, Clark

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