Legal Opinion
Edward L. Wing v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1991No. 90-2027PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Edward L. Wing appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus following an eviden-tiary hearing. Wing argues that his trial counsel was ineffective because, in pursuit of a foolish trial strategy, counsel failed to interview several potential defense witnesses and the key prosecution witnesses. We affirm.
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Early one morning in January 1984, burglars broke into a King Pizza restaurant in Fayetteville, Arkansas and stole the coins out of several video games. When the police arrived they followed two sets of footprints in the snow from…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Leonard Marvin Laws v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Robert Sanders v. Myrna Trickey, Superintendent, Missouri Eastern Correctional Center, and William L. Webster, Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Milton Rene Couch v. Myrna Trickey, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Earnest Walker v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Miguel Delgado v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Larry Griffin v. Paul DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Rodela-Aguilar v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
- Fast Horse v. WeberSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
- Tyrane E. Phyle v. Walter Leapley, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Mark W. Barnett, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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