Legal Opinion
John Simon Woodard v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1990No. 89-1374PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.
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Woodard was indicted in Texas state court for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, pled guilty, and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Woodard now seeks relief via habeas corpus.
Woodard was indicted for robbing three businesses in the Fort Worth area: a Taco Bell, a Quick N E-Z food store, and a Safeway grocery store. Woodard's attorney, Stephen Maxwell, investigated the Taco Bell robbery but did not investigate the other two. Maxwell testified that he investigated only the Taco Bell robbery because it was the state’s strongest case and the one…
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3Cited by35 opinions
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