LONG v. BREWER

No. 81-1530.

667 F.2d 742 (1982)

Merlin C. LONG, Appellant, v. Lou V. BREWER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Delafield (Student), Ronald J. Allen (argued), Thomas J. Doyle, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before HENLEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 9, 1982.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Merlin Long was convicted of first-degree murder in 1964 after a plea of guilty in the District Court of Buena Vista County, Iowa. There was no appeal. Then, in 1973, Long applied for post-conviction relief in the Iowa District Court, which was denied. The denial was affirmed on appeal to the Supreme Court of Iowa. Long v. Brewer, 253 N.W.2d 549...

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