Legal Opinion
Earl Lavann Reese v. Gerard Frey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1986No. 86-1196PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Earl Lavann Reese appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. 1 For reversal Reese contends that the state prosecutor suppressed exculpatory evidence in the form of an arrest warrant, that his trial counsel was incompetent in failing to discover and use the warrant, that his appellate counsel was incompetent for failing to raise the warrant issue on direct appeal, and that he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing on his habeas petition. We affirm.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. Thomas W. TierneyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- United States of America, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Carlos Jones, Also Known as Dion Tillman, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Mario Antonio Polanco-GomezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Edward Richard Clark v. Frank W. Wood, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
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