Legal Opinion
Neville v. Dretke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2005No. 04-70038PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
The petitioner, Texas death row prisoner Robert James Neville, has been convicted of murder in the course of kidnapping and sentenced to death by a jury. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction on direct appeal, 1 and denied his state habeas corpus petition which claimed ineffective assistance of counsel. Neville then filed a petition with the federal district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, stating several claims in addition to his ineffective assistance of counsel claim. The district court denied the ineffective assistance of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by68 opinions
- Williams v. ThalerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- Roy Lee Pippin v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Summers v. DretkeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Druery v. ThalerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Pondexter v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
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