PARKER v. PARRATT

Civ. Nos. 78-L-30, 78-L-31.

504 F.Supp. 690 (1981)

Willis PARKER, Petitioner, v. Robert F. PARRATT, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Respondent. Armstead PIERCE, Petitioner, v. Robert F. PARRATT, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

January 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jarve L. Garrett, Omaha, Neb., for petitioner.

Harold Mosher, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., for respondent.


DENNEY, District Judge.

NATURE OF THE CASE

The petitioners, Willis Parker and Armstead Pierce, seek writs of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. They allege that their Sixth Amendment rights were infringed when they were jointly tried and convicted in state court, where they were represented by the same court-appointed attorney. The gist of petitioners' claim for relief is that they were denied effective assistance of counsel because of a conflict...

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