U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1976

Banks v. United States

Banks v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided May 24, 1976 · Brown, Gewin, Morgan
531 F.2d 1336 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Banks v. United States

Opinion of the Court

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 *1337without 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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