Legal Opinion
Shelton v. Purkett
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 28, 2009No. 08-1833PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Kenneth Shelton appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. Two Sixth Amendment issues-the denial of counsel at a critical stage and the ineffective assistance of counsel-have been certified for appeal. We affirm the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
In December 1998, Shelton and two others forcibly entered a private home and robbed the residents at gunpoint. The primary witness at trial was Marcus Hughes, one of the robbery participants, who testified in exchange for a reduced sentence. Hughes also provided a written…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Clay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- State v. HornbuckleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
- Steffano James v. Michael BowersoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Vernon Brown v. Allen D. LuebbersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
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