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ODEM v. HOPKINS

No. 03-3217.

382 F.3d 846 (2004)

Robert W. ODEM, Appellee, v. Frank X. HOPKINS, Warden, Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of the State of Iowa, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas William Andrews, argued, Assistant Attorney General, Iowa Department of Justice, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.

Martha K. McMinn, argued, Sioux City, IA, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, SMITH, Circuit Judge, and DORR, District Judge.

DORR, District Judge.

Appellants appeal from the decision of the district court granting Robert W. Odem's amended petition for habeas corpus relief on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the district court.

I. Background

Robert W. Odem ("Odem") was convicted of two counts of first degree murder for the murders of Bill and Kimberly Smith and received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole...

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