Legal Opinion
Milton Rene Couch v. Myrna Trickey, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1989No. 88-1925PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Milton Rene Couch appeals in forma pauperis the district court’s 1 dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus *1339under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1966). Couch contends that the district court erred in concluding that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to pursue a trial defense of lack of capacity due to mental illness.2 We find the district court properly concluded that intoxication without psychosis did not constitute a “mental disease or defect” amounting to mental illness in mitigation of criminal responsibility within the meaning of the Missouri Mental…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Affronti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Leonard Marvin Laws v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Bruce E. Holloway v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Larry Maynard v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Chuck Lee Mathenia v. Paul DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Roger Dale Sherron v. Larry Norris, Interim Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Carey D. Moore v. Michael L. Kinney, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
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