Case Name: Lathia Paul BANKS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1976-05-24
Citations: 531 F.2d 1336
Docket Number: No. 76-1014
Parties: Lathia Paul BANKS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 531
Pages: 1336–1337

Head Matter:
Lathia Paul BANKS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 76-1014
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 24, 1976.
Mark J. Kadish, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.
John W. Stokes, William F. Bartee, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.
Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409.

Opinion:
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 without 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.