Legal Opinion
Ronald R. Weaver v. Joan Palmateer, Ronald R. Weaver v. Joan Palmateer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2006No. 04-36009, 04-36020PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
In this case we must decide whether an Oregon state prisoner is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with his rape and sodomy convictions in 1983.
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On August 30, 1982, authorities in Clac-kamas County, Oregon arrested Petitioner Ronald Weaver on suspicion that he had committed some 20 to 30 rapes between December 1981 and August 1982. Weaver was accused of being the “T-Shirt Rapist,” a serial offender whose distinctive modus operandi was to target lone women, to break into their homes, and to commit…
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