Legal Opinion
George Carter v. Frank X. Hopkins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1998No. 97-3493PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
George Carter appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
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In 1986, Carter was convicted in the State of Nebraska for first degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and being a habitual criminal. 2 Carter was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder count and to a consecutive term of ten years on the use of a firearm count. The Supreme Court of Nebraska affirmed his convictions. See State v. Carter, 226 Neb. 636, 413 N.W.2d 901, 907 (1987). Carter then filed a petition for…
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