Banks v. United States

Fifth Circuit

Banks v. United States

531 F.2d 1336

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit·Decided May 24, 1976·No. No. 76-1014·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Lathia Paul Banks, Jr., appeals from the district court’s denial of his post-conviction motion to vacate sentence, 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm.

The appellant raises the following issues which we have examined and found to be [1337] without merit: (1) Denial of effective assistance of counsel due to counsel’s representation of a codefendant and resultant inadequate cross-examination of witnesses; (2) denial of effective assistance of counsel due to counsel’s failure to secure the attendance at trial of two potentially favorable witnesses; and (3) failure of the district court to grant a new trial upon appellant’s presentation of post-conviction polygraph evidence of his innocence.

AFFIRMED.

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PER CURIAM:

Lathia Paul Banks, Jr., appeals from the district court’s denial of his post-conviction motion to vacate sentence, 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm.

The appellant raises the following issues which we have examined and found to be [1337] without merit: (1) Denial of effective assistance of counsel due to counsel’s representation of a codefendant and resultant inadequate cross-examination of witnesses; (2) denial of effective assistance of counsel due to counsel’s failure to secure the attendance at trial of two potentially favorable witnesses; and (3) failure of the district court to grant a new trial upon appellant’s presentation of post-conviction polygraph evidence of his innocence.

AFFIRMED.

Banks v. United States, 531 F.2d 1336 (5th Cir. 1976).

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