Legal Opinion
Hein Quoc Thai v. Terry Mapes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2005No. 04-1857PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
An Iowa state court jury convicted Hein Quoc Thai of second degree murder and terrorism, and the court sentenced Thai to 50 years of imprisonment. After failing to obtain state court relief on direct appeal and in postconviction proceedings, Thai filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000), in the United States District Court. The district court 1 dismissed his application and granted a certificate of appealability. After careful review, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. Background.
In August 1995 Thai was arrested in connection…
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