Legal Opinion
Miguel Angel Vasquez v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1988No. 87-2571PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Miguel Angel Vasquez appeals the District Court’s 1 dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Vasquez contends that the Court below erred in refusing to consider the merits of his ineffective assistance of counsel claim and in dismissing his claims based on insufficiency of the evidence and denial of his right to effective cross-examination of an adverse witness. We affirm.
Vasquez, a Mexican national, was convicted of first degree murder in 1985 by a jury in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Chester Cornman v. Bill Armontrout, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, William L. Webster, Attorney General of the State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Eddie Joe Buckley v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
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