Legal Opinion
Maxwell Hoffman v. Arvon J. Arave, Warden, Idaho Maximum Security Institution, Department of Correction, State of Idaho
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 5, 2006No. 02-99004PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Maxwell Hoffman, appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition based on ineffective assistance of counsel during pre-trial plea bargaining and during the guilt phase of his trial for the murder of Denise Williams. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. Factual Background
The facts of the murder of Denise Williams have been recounted in numerous prior decisions in state and federal courts, 1 and are recited only briefly here. Hoffman was employed by Richard Holmes, a drug dealer.…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Lopez v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Robert Murray v. Dora SchriroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- Williams v. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- Williams v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
- Eric Clark v. James ArnoldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- Arave v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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