Legal Opinion
Ernest Robinson v. Donald W. Wyrick
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1981No. 80-1302PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Ernest Robinson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court 1 'alleging that the ineffective assistance of his counsel on appeal deprived him of the opportunity to appeal his 1976 conviction. Robinson was granted habeas corpus relief on March 26, 1980, and Donald Wyrick, as Warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary, appeals from that decision. We affirm.
Robinson appealed his 1976 conviction to the Missouri Court of Appeals. Due to his counsel’s failure to file a brief which complied with the applicable state rules of civil procedure, however, the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Herbert Eugene Blanchard v. Lou v. Brewer, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Richard J. Dillane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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