Legal Opinion
Sandra Frank v. Duane Brookhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1989No. 88-1599PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Sandra Frank, convicted of murder in an Iowa state court, appeals from the denial of her petition for writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. She argues that: (1) the prosecutor failed to disclose communication from a juror concerning a threatening phone call made during trial; (2) her attorney rendered ineffective assistance of counsel as he failed to give notice of an alibi defense and failed to voir dire jurors concerning their exposure to mid-trial news accounts; (3) this prejudicial mid-trial publicity deprived her of a fair trial; and (4) a…
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- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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