Legal Opinion
Gary Leroy Profitt v. George R. Waldron, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1987No. 87-1014PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Gary LeRoy Profitt appeals the district court’s denial of habeas relief. We conclude that Profitt’s right to effective assistance of counsel was violated at the time of his trial for aggravated rape in 1976. Accordingly, we vacate the decision of the district court and remand with directions to grant the writ unless the State elects to re-try Profitt within a reasonable time to be fixed by the trial court.
Introduction
Eight months before Gary LeRoy .Profitt’s Texas criminal trial for aggravated rápe in 1976, an Idaho court adjudicated him insane; and the judge ordered…
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