Carlos Trevino v. Lorie Davis, Director

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Carlos Trevino appeals the denial of ha-beas corpus relief on his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel (“LATC”). Because Trevino has not demonstrated that trial counsel’s performance in the punishment phase prejudiced him, we affirm.

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Trevino was convicted of capital murder for killing Linda Salinas. Further discussion of the factual background can be found in Trevino v. Thaler, 678 F.Supp.2d 445, 449-50 (W.D. Tex. 2009), and Trevino v. Davis, 829 F.3d 328, 332-33 (5th Cir. 2016). We recite only the facts needed to resolve the merits of the IATC claim…