DIXON v. WACHTENDORF

No. 13-3193.

758 F.3d 992 (2014)

Tatiana Michelle DIXON, Petitioner-Appellant v. Patti WACHTENDORF, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Drahozal , Dubuque, IA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Benjamin Milton Parrott , AAG, Des Moines, IA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BEAM and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Tatiana Dixon appeals the district court's1 dismissal of her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. In 2003, Dixon was convicted of first-degree felony murder in Iowa state court. The qualifying felony was willful injury based upon Dixon's actions of firing shots into the hallway of her apartment building, killing one person and injuring another. At Dixon's bench trial, the state was required to prove...

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