Legal Opinion

Guenter Mannhalt v. Amos E. Reed

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 25, 1988No. 87-4093PublishedCited by 164 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

Guenter Mannhalt, a Washington state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mannhalt alleges that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of his attorney’s conflict of interest and that a jury instruction deprived him of due process. We REVERSE.

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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In December, 1980, Guenter Mannhalt was charged in King County, Washington, with one count of conspiracy to commit robbery, one count of attempted robbery, and several counts of robbery and possession of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by164 opinions

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  3. Sheldon Sanders v. John Ratelle, Warden Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  4. Robert Moss (99-1951 01-1797) and Ronald Kohn (01-1610) v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  5. United States v. Chaim LevyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994

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