Legal Opinion
Donald G. Griffin v. Warden, Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center Attorney General of the State of Maryland
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1992No. 91-6066PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Donald Griffin appeals a final order of the district court denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Concluding that Griffin was denied the minimum level of effective assistance of counsel guaranteed to him by the Sixth Amendment, we reverse.
I
At 3:45 p.m. on July 24, 1983, a Rite-Aid Drug Store in Baltimore, Maryland, was robbed by two men armed with handguns. Two security guards were shot and wounded during the robbery.
Two days later, one of the security guards picked appellant Donald Griffin out of a photo array. When he learned that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Warren Lee Harris v. Marvin ReedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Carl William Montgomery v. Dale PetersenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by77 opinions
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- Matthews v. EvattCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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- Ronald Bernard Bennett v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- Kornahrens v. EvattCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
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