· 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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