Legal Opinion
Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1977No. 76-1926PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
In McQueen v. Swenson, 498 F.2d 207 (8th Cir. 1974) (McQueen I), we held that appellant McQueen, a state prisoner, had been denied the effective assistance of counsel constitutionally required because of the failure of his counsel to make an adequate investigation prior to appellant’s trial for murder.1 We remanded for a determi*960nation of whether that failure prejudiced appellant’s defense to the extent that his conviction must be vacated. The district court, after conducting an evidentiary hearing, ultimately found that “the ineffective assistance of counsel rendered…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Millard Robert Beasley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Joseph Ward EasterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
- United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr., (Decoster Iii)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Troy Cooper v. C. J. FitzharrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Curtis Dale Morrow v. Robert F. Parratt, Jr., Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- James Earl Young v. James Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Edward v. Lawrence v. Bill M. ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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