MCCLELLAN

v.

KENTUCKY

Citator

Cited By

• Laws v. Armontrout, 863 F.2d 1377 (8th Cir. 1988)
  …court may engage in its own independent review of the district court’s conclusion, because the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel presents a mixed question of law and fact. Martin v. McCotter, 796 F. 2d 813, 817 (5th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1057, 107 S.Ct. 935, 93 L.Ed.2d 985 (1987); Reiger v. Christensen, 789 F. 2d 1425, 1427 (9th Cir.1986). If a state court has rendered specific predicate factual findings, those findings should be presumed correct unless conditions exist which cast those…
• Woodard v. Collins, 898 F.2d 1027 (5th Cir. 1990)
  …uld apply. See Craker v. McCotter, 805 F. 2d 538, 542 (5th Cir.1986) (“A constructive denial of counsel occurs ... in only a very narrow spectrum of cases”) (citations omitted) and Martin v. McCotter, 796 F. 2d 813, 820 (5th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1057, 107 S.Ct. 935, 93 L.Ed.2d 985 (1987). The instant case is not like either of the two examples of constructive denial of counsel given by the Cronic Court. First, an accused is denied counsel at a critical stage if “counsel was either totally absen…
• United States v. Cortez, 973 F.2d 764 (9th Cir. 1992)
  …). It is true that neither Rule 11 nor Ninth Circuit precedent mandates the district court to inform the defendant that his guilty plea waives the right to appeal, see, e.g., Rodriguez v. Ricketts, 798 F. 2d 1250, 1254 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1057, 107 S.Ct. 937, 93 L.Ed.2d 987 (1987) (state court not required to inform defendant of right to appeal), see also, United States v. Bell, 966 F. 2d 914, 916 (5th Cir.1992)), United States v. Fisher, 772 F. 2d 371, 375 (7th Cir.1985), United States v…