Legal Opinion
Cornist D. Johnson v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Adc
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1991No. 89-2262PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Cornist Johnson appeals the magistrate judge’s 1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief. Johnson claims he received ineffective assistance of counsel during his state court criminal trial because his attorney failed to: investigate the case adequately and prepare for trial; offer a theory of the ease or put forth evidence at trial; advise Johnson of the limitations on the state’s ability to use his prior convictions to impeach him; and seek the exclusion of inadmissible prior conviction evidence. The magistrate judge found that Johnson failed to meet his heavy…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Leonard Marvin Laws v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Otis Darnell Thomas v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Edward v. Lawrence v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- O'Dell Blackmon v. Carl White, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Charles D. Lema v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Kenneth G. Pavel v. Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of New York StateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- James Washington v. Paul Renico, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Kenneth P. Phoenix v. James MatesanzCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- Davie v. MitchellDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2003
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