Hanegan v. Miller, No. 10-3182 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of kidnapping in the first degree, attempted murder, and willful injury in violation of Iowa law. Defendant appealed the denial of his habeas corpus petition. The court held that even assuming defendant's counsel's performance was deficient for failing to challenge the evidence of the victim's injury and for failing to introduce evidence that she might have been psychotic, the district court correctly denied defendant's petition. Defendant failed to establish that the Iowa Court of Appeals unreasonably applied Strickland v. Washington or that it unreasonably found that there was sufficient evidence to prove serious injury.
Court Description: Prisoner case - habeas. Even assuming Hanegan's counsel's trial performance was deficient for failing to challenge the evidence of the victim's injury or for failing to introduce evidence that she might have been psychotic, the district court correctly denied his habeas petition as he failed to establish that the Iowa Court of Appeals unreasonably applied Strickland or that the court unreasonably determined that the victim suffered a serious injury.
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