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Earnest Lee Langston v. Donald Wyrick

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 18, 1983No. 82-1620PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Earnest Lee Langston was convicted in the Missouri state courts of robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon, and assault with intent to kill with malice. The state trial judge sentenced Langston to concurrent sentences of fifty years on the robbery charge and life imprisonment on the assault charge. Following an unsuccessful appeal and denial of postconviction remedies in state courts; Langston filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court, alleging that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial, the same issue he had…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
  2. Sanford Thomas v. Donald WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
  3. Curtis Dale Morrow v. Robert F. Parratt, Jr., Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  4. Roy C. Reynolds v. James Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  5. William Eldridge v. Carolyn Atkins, Administrator, State Board of Probation & Parole, and Attorney General of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Robert Sanders v. Myrna Trickey, Superintendent, Missouri Eastern Correctional Center, and William L. Webster, Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
  2. Martin M. Rachlin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
  3. George Mansel Carpenter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
  4. Ronald Eugene Cooley v. Crispus Nix, Warden, Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  5. Ashabranner v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983

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