Legal Opinion
Johnstone v. Wolff
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided January 31, 1984No. CV-R-79-149-ECRPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge.
Background
Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder in 1976. The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the conviction on July 27, 1977. Johnstone v. State of Nevada, 93 Nev. 427, 566 P.2d 1130 (1977).
On August 11, 1978, petitioner filed a state petition for habeas corpus. He claimed, inter alia, that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel. This claim was based on allegations that(1) It was impossible for petitioner’s attorney, Mr. Sutton, to prepare adequately for trial because the attorney’s life had been threatened and his movements were…
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- Johnstone v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by36 opinions
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