Robert McCoy v. Louie L. Wainwright
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Appellant, Robert McCoy, appeals the denial of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus (28 U.S.C. § 2254) attacking his conviction on various counts entered upon his guilty plea. 1 McCoy alleges that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because counsel failed to investigate a possible insanity defense. He further alleges that counsel’s failure to investigate caused counsel not to request a competency hearing.
We remand for an evidentiary hearing.
Procedural History
In March, 1982, McCoy entered a guilty plea, pursuant to advice of counsel, on two counts of second-degree grand…
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