Legal Opinion
Victor Carter v. Frank X. Hopkins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1996No. 95-2782PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Victor Carter filed this petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He asserts that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial. The district court 1 denied habeas corpus relief. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On the morning of October 9,1985, Jeffrey Peterson, a white male, and his cousin John Flynn, went looking for Janelle Anzalone in the vicinity of 19th Street and Lathrop Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska. Anzalone allegedly owed Gerald Kincaid money which Peterson was attempting to collect. While in the…
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