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TEXAS

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• Gray v. Lucas, 677 F.2d 1086 (5th Cir. 1982)
  …491 F. 2d 125, 127 (5th Cir. 1974). The determination of whether a counsel rendered reasonably effective assistance turns in each case on the totality of facts in the entire record. See Washington v. Estelle, 648 F. 2d 276 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 899, 102 S.Ct. 402, 70 L.Ed.2d 216 (1981); United States v. Gray, 565 F. 2d 881 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 955, 98 S.Ct. 1587, 55 L.Ed.2d 807 (1978). Thus, we must consider a counsel’s performance in light of “the number, nature, and seriousnes…
• United States v. Vaccaro, 816 F.2d 443 (9th Cir. 1987)
  …137, 103 S.Ct. 3123, 77 L.Ed.2d 1375 (1983). The testimony of these witnesses is not incredible merely because the witnesses participated in the alleged crimes. See United States v. Casanova, 642 F. 2d 300, 301 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 899, 102 S.Ct. 401, 70 L.Ed.2d 215 (1981) (the testimony of an accomplice, if believed, is sufficient to sustain a conviction). Moreover, Brennan has not demonstrated that the testimony was inherently improbable, because the testimony was corroborated b…
• Spencer v. Zant, 715 F.2d 1562 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …ected this argument. 538 F.Supp. at 96-97 (citing Tyler v. Phelps, 643 F. 2d 1095, 1101 (5th Cir.1981) (on rehearing), cert, denied, 456 U.S. 935, 102 S.Ct. 1992, 72 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982),- Washington v. Estelle, 648 F. 2d 276 (5th Cir.), cert, denied, 454 U.S. 899, 102 S.Ct. 402, 70 L.Ed.2d 216 (1981) and Lumpkin v. Ricketts, 551 F. 2d 680, 683 (5th Cir.), cert, denied, 434 U.S. 957, 98 S.Ct. 485, 54 L.Ed.2d 316 (1977)). The court also held that Spencer’s decision to represent himself for purposes of this mot…