Verg Lee Nero v. Frank C. Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Verg Lee Nero was convicted of armed robbery in a Louisiana state court and sentenced to twenty years hard labor. After exhausting his state remedies, 1 Nero petitioned federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He alleged that in the state proceeding against him he had been denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. The district court concluded that Nero’s counsel had been reasonably effective and denied his petition. Nero appeals that denial. We agree with Nero that he was denied the effective…