COTNER

v.

OKLAHOMA

Citator

Cited By

• Liberles v. Cnty. OF Cook, 709 F.2d 1122 (7th Cir. 1983)
  …nt judgments. Defendants’ only remaining Rule 19 argument is that the federal government could be jointly liable, relying upon Patterson v. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., 475 F.Supp. 344 (N.D.Ind.1979), aff’d, 659 F. 2d 736 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1100, 102 S.Ct. 674, 70 L.Ed.2d 641 (1981) (“[A] union may be held liable with an employer when there is a ‘genuine nexus’ or sufficient connection between an employer’s and the union’s conduct which is found to be unlawful, Myers v. Gilman Paper Corp.,…
• Hill v. A.L. Lockhart, 731 F.2d 568 (8th Cir. 1984)
  …the part of counsel sufficient to show that his plea was not a voluntary and intelligent act. McMann v. Richardson, 397 U.S. 759, 774, 90 S.Ct. 1441, 1450, 25 L.Ed.2d 763 (1970); Zaehringer v. Brewer, 635 F. 2d 734, 737 (8th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1100, 102 S.Ct. 675, 70 L.Ed.2d 642 (1981). Counsel is not required to perform perfectly. Brunson, supra, 708 F. 2d at 1356. In the guilty plea context, a lawyer need not give wholly accurate advice in order to render effective assistance. Hawkman v. Par…
• United States v. Griffin, 705 F.2d 434 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …special verdict instruction. Since Griffin’s counsel did not contemporaneously object to the district court’s refusal, we must view his challenge under the plain 'error standard. United States v. Roberson, 650 F. 2d 84, 87 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1100, 102 S.Ct. 675, 70 L.Ed.2d 642 (1981); Fed.R.Crim.P. 52(b). Griffin initially requested a special verdict so that it would be clear that the jurors agreed as to which of the six firearms, if fewer than all, formed the basis for a violation of 18 U…