West v. Louisiana

5th Cir.

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Citations: 510 F.2d 363, 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 15507

Decision Date: 3/24/1975

Docket Number: No. 72-1338

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: West v. Louisiana, 510 F.2d 363, 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 15507 (5th Cir. 1975)

More Cases: 5th Cir. decisions from 1975

Limmie WEST, III, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Defendant-Appellant.

Judges

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and RIVES, WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

Attorneys

Wm. J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen. of La., Baton Rouge, La., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louise Korns, Shirley G. Wimberly, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.
Limmie West, III, pro se.
George M. Leppert, New Orleans, La. (Court appointed), for plaintiff-appellee.

majority PER CURIAM:

We took this case and Fitzgerald v. Estelle, 5 Cir. 1974, 505 F.2d 1334 en banc “to resolve the constitutional standards which govern adjudication of claims of ineffectual assistance of privately retained counsel.” Id. at 1335.

Having explicated the standards in Fitzgerald, we vacate Part III and adhere to and affirm Parts I, II and IV of the panel opinion of this Court. West v. State of Louisiana, 5 Cir. 1973, 478 F.2d 1026.

The judgment of the district court is vacated and the case is remanded for reconsideration of the alleged ineffective assistance of privately retained counsel in the light of Fitzgerald.

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