Legal Opinion

Chuck Lee Mathenia v. Paul Delo

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 3, 1992No. 91-2042PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN SICKLE, Senior District Judge.

Charles (Chuck) Lee Mathenia, a Missouri death row inmate, appeals from the judgment of the district court1 denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Mathe-nia argues that the district court erred in denying his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, and in denying his claims that his Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The evidence adduced during trial showed that in the early morning hours of April 24, 1984, near Fredericktown, Missouri, Mathenia murdered Daisy Nash and Louanna Bailey. As…

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2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Robert A. Brecheen v. Dan Reynolds, Warden of the Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
  2. Calvert L. Antwine v. Paul Delo Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  3. Robert T. Sidebottom v. Paul Delo Jay NixonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  4. Dansby v. HobbsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
  5. Jeffrey Paul Sloan v. Paul Delo, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995

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