United States Eighth Circuit

Claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on trial counsel's conflict of interest was rejected, as the refusal to call a witness did not prejudice the plaintiff because the testimony the witness would have provided would not have affected the outcome of the trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2002
• Published 02/28/2002

Judges

• LAY, Circuit Judge., BEFORE:  BYE, LAY, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Deborah Ellis, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey S. Paulsen, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.