Legal Opinion
Lyman v. Hopkins
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided January 30, 1995No. 4:CV93-3060PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KOPF, District Judge.
This is a habeas corpus case brought by petitioner Roy Lyman (Lyman), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his guilty pleas and resulting sentences regarding two counts of first-degree assault and one count of using a knife in the commission of a felony. These charges were much reduced. Lyman was originally charged with trying to murder two children by slashing their throats as they slept, while assaulting two adults with a knife in the process.
United States Magistrate Judge David L. Piester has recommended that Lyman’s petition be granted in part…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Jackie Evans v. Leo Meyer, Warden, Logan Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- State v. VoslerNebraska Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. LymanNebraska Supreme Court · 1992
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Grosvenor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
- Roy Lyman v. Frank X. HopkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995