Legal Opinion
Goodwin v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1998No. 95-20134PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The opinion entered in this cause on December 23, 1997, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
Alvin Urial Goodwin, a Texas death row inmate convicted of capital murder, challenges the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Goodwin has alleged, among other things, that his appellate counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance because he failed to raise a state law issue that would have required reversal on direct appeal. We affirm the district court’s denial of habeas relief on this claim because the trial…
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