Legal Opinion
Dwight Wharton-El v. Crispus Nix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1994No. 93-4113PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dwight Wharton-El appeals from denial of his petition for a habeas corpus writ under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). Wharton-El was convicted of robbing the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Dubuque, Iowa, and the nearby Burger King Restaurant within a three hour period. Wharton-El repeats the arguments made in the district court 1 , namely, that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial and his Fourteenth Amendment due process right as a result of the following: (1) joinder of the two robbery charges; (2) imposition of consecutive sentences for the two…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Marshall v. LonbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Bear Stops v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2002
- Billy Darrell Thomas, Movant/appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Kenneth Melvin Phea v. Dennis L. Benson, Warden, Minnesota Correctional Facility, Stillwater, MnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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