Legal Opinion
William F. Howard v. Donald Wyrick
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1983No. 83-1052PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
William Howard appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
The long procedural history of this litigation began in 1971 when Howard entered two guilty pleas to charges of transferring a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance. Howard filed a state postconviction action under Missouri Supreme Court Rule 27.26 V.A.M.S. claiming that his guilty pleas were involuntarily entered due to ineffective assistance of counsel. The Missouri circuit court denied relief without a…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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