Legal Opinion
Dennis Lufkins v. Herman Solem, Warden Mark Meierhenry, Attorney General of South Dakota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1983No. 83-1078PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dennis Lufkins, a life-term prisoner convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a South Dakota state trial court, sought a writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court, 554 F.Supp. 988, 1 alleging: (1) he was denied due process because inadequate procedures were used by the trial court to determine the voluntariness of an incriminating statement he gave to law enforcement authorities; and (2) he was denied effective assistance of counsel. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court issued an order granting Lufkins habeas relief. The court ruled…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- High Elk v. StateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
- Allen E. Fryer v. Crispus Nix, Warden of the Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- State v. PhippsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. WiegersSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
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