Legal Opinion
Malcolm Thacker v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1977No. 76-2467PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
Malcolm Thacker appeals from the denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that he was deprived of his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel because the State trial judge appointed only one attorney to represent him and his co-defendant in a murder trial.
In the State court trial both defendants attempted to establish a defense of justifiable homicide, and Thacker separately tried to convince the jury that he was merely a bystander at the scene of the crime. On October 4, 1973, the State court jury found Thacker guilty of aiding…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ralph Jerome Selz v. The State of California, Richard A. McGee Director, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Merle Ray Winford v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- United States ex rel. Worlow v. PateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- United States ex rel. Thomas v. MaroneyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Charles Glen Loveday v. Herman Davis, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Hill v. WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- United States of America Ex Rel. Alonzo Howard Jones v. Gayle M. Franzen, Illinois Penal Director and William J. Scott, Illinois Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Thacker v. BordenkircherCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- James Roy Hill v. Donald WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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