Legal Opinion
Richard Dean Holtan v. Robert Parratt, Warden of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1982No. 81-2153PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Richard Dean Holtan was convicted by a Nebraska trial court of first degree murder while in the commission of a crime, and of shooting with intent to kill, wound, or maim, and was sentenced to death by electrocution. His petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the United States District Court, and this appeal followed.
Because we agree with the district court that Holtan was denied effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to act on Holtan’s request to seek withdrawal of his plea of nolo contendere, and because we find that Holtan was…
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- State v. TurnerNebraska Supreme Court · 1971
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