· 8/15/2001
Ronford Lee Styron, Jr. v. Gary L Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Citations
- 262 F.3d 438
- 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 18374
- 2001 WL 921446
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- finding that, despite prosecutor's misstatement of the law during voir dire, there was no constitutional error because the court properly instructed the jury in accordance with law
- applying the Strickland standard to ineffective assistance claims against appellate 15 counsel
- applying the Strickland standard to ineffective assistance claims against appellate counsel
- applying the Strickland standard to ineffective assistance claims against appellate counsel
- applying the Strickland standard to ineffective assistance claims against appellate counsel
- “The Texas contemporaneous objection rule constitutes an adequate and independent state ground that procedurally bars federal habeas review of a petitioner's claims.”
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Judges: Higginbotham, Jones, Dennis
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