Legal Opinion
Edgar v. Trickey
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 22, 1989No. 88-0442-CV-W-8-JWO-PPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
JOHN W. OLIVER, Senior District Judge.
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This State prisoner habeas corpus case pends in this division of the Court after transfer by the Honorable Joseph E. Stevens, Jr. The order to show cause entered by Judge Stevens stated that the “petitioner challenges his 1985 conviction and sentence for forcible rape in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. Petitioner raises four grounds for relief:(1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel in that trial counsel apparently failed to object to the prejudicial testimony of a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Harris v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Seales v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Johnny Mitchell v. Donald WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
- James Harmon, Iii, 080164 v. Tom L. Barton, Robert ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Hulsey v. SargentDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1993