Legal Opinion
Freddie Mack v. Paul D. Caspari
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1996No. 95-2634PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Freddie Mack appeals the district court’s1 denial of a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mack argues that the district court erred in (1) failing to provide habeas relief on the ground that Mack had been abandoned by state postcon-viction counsel, (2) denying habeas relief on the merits of three alleged trial errors, and (3) failing to hold an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
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3Cited by56 opinions
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