Legal Opinion
Nanon Williams v. Rick Thaler, Director
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2012No. 10-20876PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Upon reconsideration, this panel’s previous opinion in this case, Williams v. Thaler, 459 Fed.Appx. 327 (5th Cir.2012), is hereby withdrawn in its entirety and replaced with the following.
Appellant Rick Thaler appeals the district court’s grant of appellee Nanon McKewn Williams’ writ of habeas corpus based on his claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during his trial for murder, a claim that was previously litigated in Texas state court. Because we cannot conclude that there was no reasonable basis for the state court’s denial of Williams’…
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