Legal Opinion
Michael Eugene Blackwell v. Leonard Graves, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2003No. 02-2091PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Michael Eugene Blackwell was found guilty in Iowa state court of two counts of murder and one count of burglary. After exhausting his direct and collateral appeals in Iowa state courts, Blackwell filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. In his petition, Blackwell argued that the Iowa Court of Appeals’ rejection of his ineffective assistance of counsel claim was an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law. The district court 2 disagreed and denied his writ. We affirm.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Schrier v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
- Steven W. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Breighner v. ChesneyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2004
- Blackwell v. Mathes, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2004