Legal Opinion
Becker v. Luebbers
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2009No. 07-3031PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
In 1995, a Missouri jury convicted Donald G. Becker of sodomizing and attempting to rape his minor daughters in violation of Missouri Revised Statutes §§ 566.060 and 566.030, Cumulative Supplement 1991. He currently is serving a life sentence for the attempted rape conviction and has completed a concurrent, seven-year sentence for the sodomy conviction. 2 Becker exhausted his present claims in state court and filed a timely petition for federal habeas relief.
Becker argues that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to: call certain witnesses or offer…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- John Middleton v. Don Roper, 1Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
- Martin Link v. Al LuebbersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
- Rousan v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2001
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. AkbarCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2015
- Worthington v. RoperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2012
- Becker v. LuebbersSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- United States v. AkbarCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2015
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