Hughes v. Booker, No. 98-60786 (5th Cir.) (203 F.3d 894) (February 24, 2000) (Judge Emilio M. Garza)
In this case, a pro se prisoner incarcerated in the Parchman Penitentiary in Mississipi accomplished a rare feat - he proved that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel - warranting a presumption of prejudice - when his appellate counsel filed a brief alleging no specific error and argung ...
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