PATTERSON

v.

MERCER ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Baty v. Balkcom, 661 F.2d 391 (5th Cir. 1981)
  …ospect decisions clearly wrong); Jones v. Estelle, 622 F. 2d 124 (5th Cir. 1980) (meeting client only once prior to trial not indicative of ineffective assistance; will not, with aid of hindsight, inquire into counsel’s trial tactics), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 996, 101 S.Ct. 537, 66 L.Ed.2d 295 (1981); Easter v. Estelle, 609 F. 2d 756 (5th Cir. 1980) (shortness of time with client not alone sufficient to show ineffective assistance); Wilkerson v. United States, 591 F. 2d 1046 (5th Cir. 1979) (counsel need onl…
• Branan v. Booth, 861 F.2d 1507 (11th Cir. 1988)
  …the area of state sentencing guidelines in particular, we consistently have held that federal courts can not review a state’s alleged failure to adhere to its own sentencing procedures. Jones v. Estelle, 622 F. 2d 124, 126 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 996, 101 S.Ct. 537, 66 L.Ed.2d 295 (1980); Nichols v. Estelle, 556 F. 2d 1330, 1331 (5th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1020, 98 S.Ct. 744, 54 L.Ed.2d 767 (1978); Willeford v. Estelle, 538 F. 2d 1194, 1196-98 (5th Cir.1976). This limitation on federa…
• Owens v. Louie L. Wainwright, 698 F.2d 1111 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …period during which the attorney prepared for the case does not demonstrate ineffectiveness. See Jones v. Estelle, 622 F. 2d 124, 127 (5th Cir.) (meeting with a client only once before trial does not per se establish ineffectiveness), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 996, 101 S.Ct. 537, 66 L.Ed.2d 295 (1980). Other attorneys and investigators at the Public Defender’s office apparently met with Owens on at least four occasions, deposed the victim and attended a viewing of the prosecution’s evidence. They arranged t…