United States Eighth Circuit

Defense counsel's failure to advise client of the potential application of the felony-murder rule to a plea bargain for second-degree murder constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/01/2001
• Published 08/01/2001

Judges

• PERRY, District Judge., BEFORE:  RICHARD S. ARNOLD and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and PERRY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sharon Hall, Asst. Atty. General, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• F. Montgomery Brown, argued, Clive, IA, for appellee.