Legal Opinion
Laville Hannon v. Herb Maschner and Attorney General of the State of Kansas, Respondents
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1988No. 86-2117PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Laville Hannon filed a habeas corpus petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in his state court criminal proceedings. The district court dismissed the petition for unexcused delay under Rule 9(a), 28 U.S.C. foil. § 2254 (1982), and on the merits. We reverse and remand.
I
In 1959, Hannon was a seventeen-year-old black youth who had been hospitalized on at least one occasion because of a mental disorder. Although he was in the seventh grade, he alleges that his ability to read and write was limited.
In June 1959, the local police contacted Hannon’s…
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