Legal Opinion
Mohamed Abdul Hafiz Eltabech v. Frank X. Hopkins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1993No. 92-2337PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Mohamed El-Tabech, a Nebraska inmate, appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He argues that: (1) he was denied the right to testify in his own behalf at trial; (2) his trial counsel was ineffective; and (3) the trial court committed other errors of constitutional magnitude. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
El-Tabech was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder and twenty years for use of a deadly weapon. The Nebraska…
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