Legal Opinion
Charles O. Reese v. Crispus C. Nix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1991No. 90-3051PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Crispus Nix, the warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary, appeals the district court’s grant of habeas relief to Charles 0. Reese. The district court held that the state court violated Reese’s constitutional right to self-representation, and as a result he was entitled to relief. Nix argues that the district court erred when it refused to credit the state appellate court finding that Reese did not truly request self-representation. We agree and reverse the district court’s grant of habeas relief.
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Reese was convicted of first degree murder in 1976. The Iowa Supreme Court…
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