Legal Opinion
Larry Wayne v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, and John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1981No. 80-1927PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri1 entered on August 21, 1980, denying relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The appeal presents one issue: Whether petitioner’s counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to perfect a direct appeal of petitioner’s conviction after petitioner escaped from custody.
Larry Wayne was convicted of second-degree murder in a Missouri state court on June 25, 1976, and was sentenced to life imprisonment on August 2, 1976. Petitioner’s counsel filed a notice of appeal on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Estelle v. DorroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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- Commissioner v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- State v. WrightMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- Eddie Joe Buckley v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Dennis Ralph Katz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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