Legal Opinion
United States v. Harold McMillan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 26, 1979No. 79-1308PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Harold McMillan filed this motion to vacate judgment and sentence claiming that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel at trial. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court 1 denied the motion and this appeal followed. We affirm.
In 1974, McMillan was convicted by a jury of two counts of distributing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). The conviction was affirmed on appeal. United States v. McMillan, 508 F.2d 101 (8th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 916, 95 S.Ct. 1577, 43 L.Ed.2d 782 (1975). At trial, the government’s evidence consisted…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Harold McMillanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Joseph Ward EasterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Michael Timm Rinehart v. Lou v. Brewer, Warden of the Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Sanford Thomas v. Donald WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
- United States v. Bruce Wayne JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Richard Bernard Lindhorst, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Robert Harry Plant v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, John Ashcroft, Attorney General, State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Donald Charles HachCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Pickens v. LockhartDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1982
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