Legal Opinion
Merlin C. Long v. Lou v. Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1982No. 81-1530PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Merlin Long was convicted of first-degree murder in 1964 after a plea of guilty in the District Court of Buena Vista County, Iowa. There was no appeal. Then, in 1973, Long applied for post-conviction relief in the Iowa District Court, which was denied. The denial was affirmed on appeal to the Supreme Court of Iowa. Long v. Brewer, 253 N.W.2d 549 (Iowa 1977). Long then filed a petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. His request for an evidentiary hearing was denied, and one of his grounds for relief was rejected,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by12 opinions
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