Legal Opinion

Pease v. Huffman

Wise & Norton County Circuit Court

Decided July 15, 2005No. Case No. CL04000218-00Published

1Opinion of the Court

By Judge John C. Kilgore

This matter is before the Court upon the Petition of Merry Christine Pease, Inmate No. 329841, for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that she is being unlawfully detained due to being denied a constitutionally fair trial. In support of the position that her convictions for second degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony are constitutionally flawed, Petitioner relies upon claims of prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, and after-discovered evidence.

*611After ore terms argument by counsel and following a review of the pleadings…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956

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