GARRISON, WARDEN, ET AL.

v.

ALSTON

Citator

Cited By

• Passman v. Blackburn, 797 F.2d 1335 (5th Cir. 1986)
  …eedings challenging Doyle violation); see also Alston v. Garrison, 720 F. 2d 812, 817 (4th Cir.1983) (“because the nature of a Doyle error is so egregious and so inherently prejudicial, reversal is the norm rather than the exception”), cert. denied, 468 U.S. 1219, 104 S.Ct. 3589, 82 L.Ed.2d 886 (1984); United States v. Edwards, 576 F. 2d 1152, 1155 (5th Cir.1978) (circumstances under which comment upon silence of defendant will not result in reversal “are few and discrete”). See generally Rose v. Clark, —…
• Andrews v. Deland, 943 F.2d 1162 (10th Cir. 1991)
  …n to attempt to prove their own ineompetency, there is good cause for the issue not having been raised until after the direct appeal.” Hopkinson, 866 F. 2d at 1203-04 n. 12 (citing Alston v. Garrison, 720 F. 2d 812, 816 (4th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 468 U.S. 1219, 104 S.Ct. 3589, 82 L.Ed.2d 886 (1984)). I believe the same rationale applies to counsel representing the defendant on collateral review. As did the Eleventh Circuit when evaluating similar facts in Stephens v. Kemp, 846 F. 2d 642, 651 (11th Cir.),…
• Wagner & Brown v. ANR Pipeline Co., 837 F.2d 199 (5th Cir. 1988)
  …acific R.R. Co., 352 U.S. 59, 63-64, 77 S.Ct. 161, 165, 1 L.Ed.2d 126 (1956). It is a flexible doctrine to be applied at the discretion of the district court. El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Sun Oil Co., 708 F. 2d 1011, 1020 (5th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 468 U.S. 1219, 104 S.Ct. 3589, 82 L.Ed.2d 887 (1984); Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. United Gas Pipe Line Co., 532 F. 2d 412, 418 (5th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1094, 97 S.Ct. 1109, 51 L.Ed.2d 541 (1977). Application of the doctrine is especially approp…