Legal Opinion
Joush Hatcher, Jr. v. Frank X. Hopkins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2001No. 00-2868PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The District Court 1 denied Joush Hatcher, Jr.’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition on the ground that the claims were procedurally defaulted as a matter of state law and that Hatcher did not show cause and prejudice to excuse the default, or provide new evidence that he was actually innocent. We affirm.
In 1978, Hatcher pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He did not file a direct appeal. In 1986, he filed a pro se state post-conviction motion, alleging that he was entitled to relief because of the ineffective assistance of…
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