Legal Opinion
Cantu v. Thaler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2011No. 09-70017PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant Ivan Cantu was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. After the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied habeas corpus relief, Cantu filed this federal petition, which the district court dismissed. On appeal, Cantu asserts three claims: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel at the sentencing phase, which the court denied on the merits; (2) ineffective assistance of counsel at the conviction phase, which the court dismissed as procedurally defaulted; and (3) actual innocence, which the court dismissed as not cognizable in the Fifth Circuit. We…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Simmons v. EppsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Ivan Cantu v. Rick Thaler, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
- Smith v. ColsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Baker v. Davis.District Court, W.D. Texas · 2020
- Cantu, Ivan AbnerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
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