Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit March 12, 1981, 79-3804 (James Andrew Johnson, A/K/A Jerry Leon Brooks v. Joseph S. Hopper, Warden)

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POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

We review on appeal after remand the application of James Andrew Johnson for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Johnson, a/k/a Jerry Leon Brooks, first petitioned

pro se

for habeas relief in 1978 alleging,

inter alia,

that his court appointed counsel, who was also appointed to represent Johnson’s two co-defendants in a joint trial, was laboring under an