Leonard Marvin Laws v. Bill Armontrout

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1988-12-20

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MAGILL, Circuit Judge. The State of Missouri appeals from the district court’s grant of habeas corpus relief to Laws. The district court vacated Laws’ death sentence after concluding that Laws had received ineffective assistance of counsel during the punishment phase of his trial. We reverse and reinstate the sentence, finding no valid claim of ineffectiveness of trial counsel. We deal here with a defe…

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