Legal Opinion
Danny Eugene Esslinger v. Leoneal Davis, Warden Attorney General of the State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 20, 1995No. 93-6572PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
Danny Eugene Esslinger, having been convicted on a plea of guilty to a charge of first degree rape, is serving a ninety-nine year sentence in the Alabama prison system. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, vacating that conviction on the ground, among others, that his court-appointed attorney rendered ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by failing adequately to investigate his case and advising him to plead guilty. 1 Following an evidentiary hearing before a magistrate judge, the district court, adopting the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- Kenneth Wayne Magouirk v. Michael Phillips, Warden, Winn Correctional Center and Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
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