McAfee v. Thaler

Charles Franklin McAfee, Jr., Texas prisoner # 1207010, was convicted in state court of aggravated robbery and sentenced to twenty-eight years of imprisonment. This court granted a certificate of appealability to allow McAfee’s appeal from the district court’s denial of habeas relief on the following two issues: (1) whether McAfee’s trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective during McAfee’s hearing on his motion for new trial, and (2) whether the state district court denied McAfee a fair hearing by failing to grant his motion to dismiss trial counsel until after the hearing on the motion…