Legal Opinion
Derrick Booth v. Wendy Kelley
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 21, 2018No. 17-1218PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Derrick Lamont Booth appeals from the district court's 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus with respect to his Arkansas arson conviction. Booth raises several theories of ineffective assistance of counsel, but we review only the issue identified in the district court's certificate of appealability: whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge expert testimony that Booth was a suspect. See Carter v. Hopkins , 151 F.3d 872 , 874 (8th Cir. 1998) ("[A]ppellate review is limited to the issues specified in the certificate of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- George Carter v. Frank X. HopkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- New v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
- Jerry Lee Olesen v. Joe Class, Warden, South Dakota State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Manuel Camacho v. Wendy KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018
- Wientjes v. KanyuhDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2019