Legal Opinion
Lamont E. Owens v. Dave Dormire Jeremiah (Jay) W. Nixon, Attorney General, State of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2000No. 98-2159PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Lamont Owens appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Owens argues that the district court erred in denying his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The following facts are taken primarily from the opinion of the Missouri Court of Appeals. On February 8, 1989, Lance Turner and his cousin, Darren Norton, arranged with Brenda Taylor to sell crack cocaine from her apartment in the River-view housing project in Kansas City, Missouri. In…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Steffano James v. Michael BowersoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Charles Edwin Davidson, United States of America v. Earnes Lee Smith, United States of America v. Dwayne Harold SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Jason Albert Becht v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Elias Walter Wanatee v. John AultCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Lemoine Carter, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Michael Bowersox, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- William Hanes v. David Dormire, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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