Legal Opinion
Joseph L. Rainer v. Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1990No. 89-5214MNPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, David S. Doty, J., denying the appellant Rainer’s application for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Rainer challenges his conviction in the Minnesota State court for first degree murder on two grounds: (1) he was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because of the alleged improper involvement of a State investigator in the testing by the defendant’s ballistics expert of the gun used in the killing, and (2) he was denied his fourteenth amendment…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Daniel A. Brugman, United States of America v. Benjamin A. King, A/K/A BennieCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- State v. RainerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
- United States v. Mark Lewis SingerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Rainer v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- Wilburn L. Henderson v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Loop v. ClassSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
- George B. Harris v. Michael Bowersox State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- State v. RainerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993
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