Opinion ID: 407646
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Other Ineffective Assistance Arguments

Text: 61 Appellant details a long list of other shortcomings in his trial counsel's performance to buttress his ineffective assistance claim, including the brevity of the attorney's sentencing argument and his failure to object to various arguments and evidence presented by the prosecution. As we have noted, the constitutional right to effective legal assistance is not a guarantee of errorless counsel, Herring v. Estelle, 491 F.2d 125, 127 (5th Cir. 1974) (quoting MacKenna v. Ellis, 280 F.2d 592, 599 (5th Cir. 1960), modified, 289 F.2d 928 (5th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 877, 82 S.Ct. 121, 7 L.Ed.2d 78 (1961)); nor will we assess counsel's effectiveness through the finely ground lenses of 20/20 hindsight. Washington v. Watkins, 655 F.2d at 1356. We therefore find appellant's contentions without merit. 62