Court Opinion

ID: 9474657
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:04:22.080422+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:44:14.447452
License: Public Domain

ON SUGGESTIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC
PER CURIAM:
The petition for rehearing is denied. We do wish to emphasize one point regarding the conflict of interest portion of the panel opinion to demonstrate that our decision is in conformity with our recent decision in Nealy v. Cabana, 782 F.2d 1362 (5th Cir.1986). Under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), a successful claim of conflict of interest is made out by showing an actual conflict of interest which adversely affect*665ed the attorney’s performance. Thus, our opinion in the present case is in harmony with both Strickland and Nealy. In Nealy, we elaborated, stating that proof of adverse effect does not require proving that the outcome of the trial was affected — it is the adequacy of representation that must be adversely affected. 782 F.2d 1365. Nealy is consistent with Strickland in this regard. Although we did not elaborate on “adverse effect” in our opinion in the present case, our application of the Strickland rule to the facts surrounding the attorney’s representation of his clients clearly indicates that our interpretation of “adverse effect” is in harmony with that in Nealy.
Treating the suggestions for rehearing en banc as petitions for panel rehearing, it is ordered that the petitions for panel rehearing are DENIED. No member of the panel or Judge in regular active service of this Court having requested that the Court be polled on rehearing en banc (Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Local Rule 35), the suggestions for Rehearing En Banc are
DENIED.