Legal Opinion
Thomas Earl Seehan, Sr. v. State of Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1995No. 93-3194PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The State of Iowa appeals from the order of the District Court granting the 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition of Thomas Earl Seehan, Sr., for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.
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In 1976, Seehan was tried by jury in an Iowa state court for the murder of his two-year-old son Tommy Seehan. He was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced, as required by Iowa law, to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. On direct appeal, the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed Seehan’s conviction. State v. Seehan, 258 N.W.2d 374 (Iowa 1977). Some ten years later, in June 1987, Seehan…
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