Thaddeus Michael Lockhart v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Thaddeus Michael Lockhart appeals the federal district court’s denial of Lockhart’s petition for habeas corpus relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Lockhart contends that he is entitled to habeas corpus relief on the grounds that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel both at trial and on appeal. Perceiving no reversible error in the federal magistrate’s findings and recommendations, which were adopted by the district court, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Lockhart was arrested and ultimately convicted of aggravated robbery in Dallas, Texas. On the day of his arrest, April 2,…