Legal Opinion
Mullins v. Evans
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided August 6, 1979No. Civ. A. 76-M-682PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MATSCH, District Judge.
This is a petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by an inmate of the Colorado State Penitentiary serving a life sentence on a 1972 conviction of first degree murder by jury verdict. The principal claim is the lack of effective assistance of counsel in contravention of the protection afforded by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
This case arose in the small community of Delta, Colorado where the trial was held in November 1972. Mr. Mullins was represented by two lawyers from the Colorado Public Defender’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. MontoyaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
- People v. MullinsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- Berry v. State Board of ParoleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1961
- People v. MullinsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- People v. WiseMichigan Court of Appeals · 1984
- Robert Henry Mullins, and Cross-Appellant v. Ronald R. Evans, Superintendent, Colorado State Penitentiary, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982