Legal Opinion
Gregory Forest v. Paul K. Delo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1995No. 94-2608PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Gregory Forest, a Missouri state prisoner, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988), claiming that he was coerced into pleading guilty in violation of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights and that he did not receive the effective assistance of counsel required by the Sixth Amendment. The District Court 1 denied the petition, and Forest timely appeals. We affirm.
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In January 1989 Forest was arrested and charged in a state court with a string of robberies and attempted robberies committed in St. Louis between January 9 and 13, 1989. Assistant…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Vasquez v. HillerySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by26 opinions
- John J. Joubert, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Frank X. Hopkins, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Alan Jeffrey Bannister v. Paul K. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Donald E. Reese v. Paul Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Vernon S. Krimmel v. Frank X. Hopkins, Warden, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Percy E. Cooksey, III v. Paul K. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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