Miller v. Thaler, No. 11-40696 (5th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePetitioner appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2554 application challenging his guilty-plea conviction for intoxicated manslaughter with a vehicle. Pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's deferential standard, the court concluded that petitioner was not entitled to habeas relief on his claim that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in allowing the State's plea bargain offer to lapse; that trial counsel violated his right to self-representation when he denied his request to proceed pro se at trial; and that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance regarding his right to self-representation by refusing to withdraw from the case and by having a conflict of interest. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's habeas petition.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on May 2, 2013.
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