Legal Opinion
Vernon C. Weygandt v. Kenneth Ducharme
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1985No. 84-3957PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Vernon C. Weygandt, a Washington state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Weygandt contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of his right to a fair trial. We affirm.
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BACKGROUND,.
Weygandt was convicted in 1977 of second degree murder in the shooting death of Jamie Grimes at the Red Lion Tavern in Anacortes, Washington. 1 The Court of Appeals of Washington affirmed Weygandt’s conviction. State v. Weygandt, 20 Wash.App. 599, 608, 581 P.2d 1376, 1381 (1978). Washington state courts denied…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by76 opinions
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- John K. Lincoln v. Franklin Y.K. SunnCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Salvatore Joseph Marino v. Dan Vasquez, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Charles Anderson Miller v. Daniel B. Vasquez, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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