Legal Opinion
Myron W. Garmon v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1991No. 90-2277EAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Myron W. Garmon, an Arkansas prisoner, was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment after pleading guilty to kidnapping, aggravated assault, and rape. Garmon now seeks habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 contending he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court ordered the state to grant Garmon a trial or release him. We affirm.
In his state postconviction petition, Gar-mon claimed he received ineffective assistance of counsel because counsel mistakenly told him he would have to serve only one-sixth of his plea bargain sentence. The state trial…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Royal Crown Cola Co. v. Coca-Cola Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- William Lloyd Hill v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Billy Ray Hale v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- State v. SharkeySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2007
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