Legal Opinion
Minnie Pryor v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1997No. 96-1996PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Minnie Pryor brought this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994), arguing that her trial counsel was ineffective. The district court 2 denied her petition, holding that counsel’s alleged ineffectiveness had not prejudiced Pryor. We affirm.
I
On April 20, 1992, Minnie Pryor was convicted by a jury in Arkansas state court on two counts of delivering cocaine. Pryor was sentenced as an habitual offender to consecutive terms of imprisonment totalling 55 years. Evidence at trial indicated that on November 22 and 23, 1991, Pryor had sold crack…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Thomas Winford Simmons v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Eddie Williams v. A.L. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Willie Lee Girtman v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Goins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Jeffrey Eugene Frey v. Timothy Schuetzle, Warden, North Dakota State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Stanley Boysiewick v. Dora SchriroCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Heath Allen Wilkins v. Michael BowersoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- John C. Burns v. James Anthony Gammon, Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2012
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