Legal Opinion
Mary Kathleen Cole v. Susan Hunter, Warden, Women's Reformatory, Rockwell City, Iowa Attorney General, State of Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1984No. 83-1127PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Mary Kathleen Cole appeals from a final judgment entered in the District Court 1 for the Southern District of Iowa denying her petition for writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the district court. Cole v. Hunter, No. 81-164-B (S.D.Iowa Dec. 28, 1982) (order denying petition).
Appellant was found guilty in a jury-waived trial of first-degree murder for killing her ex-husband on September 15, 1977. The fact that appellant shot and killed her ex-husband was not disputed; appellant’s theory of defense was diminished capacity. At…
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