Case Name: Limmie WEST, III, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1975-03-24
Citations: 510 F.2d 363
Docket Number: No. 72-1338
Parties: 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.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 510
Pages: 363–363

Head Matter:
Limmie WEST, III, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 72-1338.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 24, 1975.
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.
Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and RIVES, WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
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.