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BRANT v. NIX

No. 94-2955.

58 F.3d 346 (1995)

Duane E. BRANT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Crispus C. NIX, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. McGrane, Des Moines, IA, argued, for appellant.

Joseph G. Van Winkle, argued, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Circuit Judge, GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

The State of Iowa appeals the grant of inmate Duane E. Brant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted habeas relief on the ground that Brant's trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in advising Brant to plead guilty to murder. Concluding that counsel's advice fell "within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance," Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 689, 104...

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