Legal Opinion
Parker v. Parratt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1981No. Nos. 81-1198, 81-1259PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Willis Parker and Armstead Pierce are both Nebraska state prisoners as a result of convictions of kidnapping and forcible rape. In similar petitions for habeas corpus in the federal district court they urged that joint representation in state court by the same court-appointed attorney denied them ef*481fective assistance of counsel because of an actual conflict of interest between the two defendants. The federal district court, the Honorable Robert V. Denney presiding, found that an actual conflict existed and that Pierce was adversely affected, but that Parker was not. Parker…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by35 opinions
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