Legal Opinion
Foster v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1993No. Nos. 92-3702, 93-3884PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
A.L. Lockhart, director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals the district court’s order granting the habeas petition of David A. Foster, a man convicted of rape in Arkansas state court. Lockhart also appeals the district court’s order releasing Foster on bail. We affirm.
Although we prefer not to repeat the graphic testimony at Foster’s trial and evi-dentiary hearing, the explicit details of the rape victim’s story and Foster’s impotency show the failure of Foster’s trial attorney to investigate, develop, and present the strong defense of Foster’s impotency…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hilton v. BraunskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Kenneth L. Kenley v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Burton v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- Lewis v. DiethornSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by103 opinions
- Jon Keith Smith v. Michael Groose Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
- Wynn Satterlee v. Hugh WolfenbargerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Jones v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- People v. EmersonIllinois Supreme Court · 2000
- Darrel Wayne Hill, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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