FRANK v. BROOKHART

No. 88-1599.

877 F.2d 671 (1989)

Sandra FRANK, Appellant, v. Duane BROOKHART, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1989.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Zimmermann, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant.

Thomas D. McGrane, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, and NICHOL, Senior District Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Sandra Frank, convicted of murder in an Iowa state court, appeals from the denial of her petition for writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. She argues that: (1) the prosecutor failed to disclose communication from a juror concerning a threatening phone call made during trial; (2) her attorney rendered ineffective assistance of counsel as he failed to give notice of an alibi defense and failed to voir dire jurors...

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