Peter James Schwander v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William J. Custe, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

A state prisoner appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for habeas corpus relief. He argues that an incomplete trial transcript denied him a meaningful state court appeal and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the district court denying habeas corpus relief.

I. Procedural Background

Petitioner-Appellant, Peter James Schwander (Schwander), is in custody at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He and a co-defendant, Deborah Venezia (Venezia),…