Legal Opinion
Elias Walter Wanatee v. John Ault
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2001No. 00-2753PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PERRY, District Judge.
Elias Wanatee was sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction by an Iowa jury of first degree, willful injury, and assault while participating in a felony. After exhausting his state remedies, Wan-atee filed a petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court 2 granted the petition, holding that Wana-tee’s constitutional rights were violated when his counsel failed to properly advise him at the plea bargaining stage. We affirm.
On November 4, 1990, Wanatee and several other individuals assaulted…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Corey Earl Engelen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Lamont E. Owens v. Dave Dormire Jeremiah (Jay) W. Nixon, Attorney General, State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Williams v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
- Maxwell Hoffman v. Arvon J. Arave, Warden, Idaho Maximum Security Institution, Department of Correction, State of IdahoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2012
- Ravidath Ragbir v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2020
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