Ruben Montoya Cantu v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

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• holding that appellate counsel's failure to present on direct appeal from the state court's judgment certain arguments found by the federal court to be meritless did not prejudice-the defendant
• holding that appellate counsel's failure to present on direct appeal from the state court's judgment certain arguments found by the federal court to be meritless did not prejudice the defendant
• examining state law to determine whether a capital murder defendant was entitled to instructions on the lesser-in-eluded offense of voluntary manslaughter
• examining state law to determine whether a capital murder defendant was entitled to instructions on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter
• trial counsel in capital murder prosecution was not ineffective for failing to seek appointment of expert on eyewitness identification \based on his belief that his cross-examination of [the eyewitness] would be sufficient to refute the accuracy of the identification\

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