Legal Opinion
Gering v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 19, 1986No. 84-1617PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
Larry Gering, the postconviction relief applicant in the present case, was convicted of first-degree arson in June of 1981. This conviction was affirmed by the court of appeals in an unpublished opinion on April 26, 1983, 339 N.W.2d 171. In the present postconviction proceeding, commenced in March of 1984, he challenged his conviction on several grounds not raised at trial or on direct appeal.
The district court found merit in two of these claims, one of which relates to the instruction on reasonable doubt given at his trial, and the other to the failure of the court at that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Apodaca v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Bunkley v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Small v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. RisdalSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
- Osborn v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
- State v. BugelySupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
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