Legal Opinion

Don Michael Dever v. Kansas State Penitentiary, the State of Kansas, Attorney General of Kansas

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 11, 1994No. 92-3412PublishedCited by 299 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KANE, Senior District Judge.

This appeal-is from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas denying Don Michael Dever’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, 788 F.Supp. 496. Dever, a Vietnam veteran, contends the district court erred in finding he was not denied the effective assistance of counsel without conducting an evidentiary hearing. Respondents are the Kansas State Penitentiary and the Attorney General of Kansas.

Dever claims counsel was ineffective because he failed to: 1) object to prosecutorial misconduct, including the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Dennis Wayne Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by299 opinions

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  4. United States v. Lewis Aaron CookCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  5. Gary Randall Hoxsie v. Dareld Kerby, Warden Tom Udall, Attorney General for the State of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997

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