Legal Opinion
Duane E. Brant v. Crispus C. Nix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1995No. 94-2955PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The State of Iowa appeals the grant of inmate Duane E. Brant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted habeas relief on the ground that Brant’s trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in advising Brant to plead guilty to murder. Concluding that counsel’s advice fell “within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance,” Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 689, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 2065, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), we reverse.
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