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PILCHAK v. CAMPER

No. 90-1632.

935 F.2d 145 (1991)

Deborah PILCHAK, Appellee, v. Donald CAMPER, Superintendent of Chillicothe Correctional Center, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Hawke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellant.

George Bock, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before BEAM, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOODS, District Judge.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Appellee Deborah Pilchak, a significant but lesser participant in a drug conspiracy, is now serving a life sentence after being convicted of a drug crime in Missouri state court.1 Although she did not know it at the time, she was represented at trial by a lawyer suffering from Alzheimer's disease. To add to her disadvantage, her disabled counsel was working before a jury that was unconstitutionally selected.

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