Edwin L. Loftis v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from denial of a state prisoner’s § 2254 habeas corpus petition is principally controlled by our recent decision in Fitzgerald v. Estelle, 505 F.2d 1334 (5th Cir. 1974) (en banc), dealing with effective assistance of retained counsel. Under the Fitzgerald standard for evaluating the adequacy of representation by defense counsel we find that the appellant prisoner has not established a claim reaching constitutional proportions and therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.

Loftis challenges the constitutionality of his conviction in a Texas court for…