Legal Opinion

McGee v. Higgins

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided June 16, 2009No. 07-6243PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Dwayne McGee, an Oklahoma state prisoner appearing with appointed counsel, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. After considering Mr. McGee’s application for a certificate of appealability (COA) under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), we previously granted a COA on the following claims: “(1) McGee’s ineffective assistance of [appellate] counsel claim for failure to raise the specific performance of his plea agreement, and (2) his claim that he did not voluntarily change his plea to not guilty.” 1 Order…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Cargle v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
  4. Odell Hargrow Hill v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. Slaughter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1998

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Littlejohn v. TrammellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  2. Milton v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014
  3. Milton v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2016
  4. Zuniga v. FalkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2015
  5. United States v. PeñaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014

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