Legal Opinion

Malcom v. Houston

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 26, 2008No. 07-1157PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Arven Maleom, Jr., was convicted of first degree sexual assault in 1993. After exhausting his state appeals, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He sought relief based on the alleged denial of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of trial and appellate counsel and to conflict-free representation. The district court 1 denied relief on all claims and Maleom appealed. We granted a certificate of appealability on the question whether it was error to analyze Malcom’s ineffective assistance of trial…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Florida v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. Vernon Brown v. Allen D. LuebbersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Barnett v. RoperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  2. Paul v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  3. Hunt v. HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  4. State v. JedlickaNebraska Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Forsyth v. AultCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008

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