Legal Opinion
Kenneth Paul Dows v. Tana Wood
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 27, 2000No. 99-35625PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
Kenneth P. Dows (“Dows”), a Washington prisoner convicted of first-degree rape, appeals from the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Dows argues that his attorney, Robert Egger (“Egger”), was ineffective because Egger was allegedly suffering from the effects of Alzheimer’s disease at the time of Dows’s trial. Dows claims that Egger was ineffective “per se” because of the disease and, alternatively, that Egger’s performance at trial was deficient in several respects which resulted in actual prejudice to Dows. This court has…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Smith v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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