Legal Opinion
Donald Jones v. Al Luebbers
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 11, 2004No. 02-1132PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant Donald Jones, a state prisoner under a sentence of death, appeals the district court’s 1 denial of habe- as relief. On appeal, Jones argues that the state trial judge who presided over his capital murder trial was biased and that his public defenders were ineffective due to their failure to secure the trial judge’s recusal. Because the courts of Missouri did not “make an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in state court proceedings,” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2), nor apply “clearly established Federal law, as…
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3Cited by74 opinions
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