Legal Opinion
Mark D. Whitehead v. David Dormire, Superintendent Jccc
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 9, 2003No. 02-3967PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
State prisoner Mark D. Whitehead appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief. He alleges that his second degree murder conviction violated his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights because the evidence at trial was insufficient to prove that he acted “purposely” when he shot his girlfriend. He also alleges violation of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel based on defense counsel’s failure to retain a firearms/crime scene reconstruction expert to support Whitehead’s accidental shooting claim. The district court…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Mark Edward Lomholt, Sr. v. State of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- DAMEION ROBINSON v. DAVID CRIST, WARDEN, MCF — STILLWATERCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Dennis Skillicorn v. Al LuebbersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
- Craig Trussell v. Michael BowersoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
- Tyrone White v. Lynn DingleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
- Steven Anthony Sera v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
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