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121309P.pdf 08/14/2014 Terry Plunk v. Ray Hobbs
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-1309
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, for the Court En Banc]
Prisoner case - habeas. For the panel opinion in the matter, see Plunk v.
Hobbbs, 719 F.3d 977 (8th Cir. 2013). The district court did not err in
denying Plunk's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel based on
allegations that his attorney's representation of Plunk and a co-defendant
created a conflict of interest. Judge Smith, with whom Judge Bye, Melloy
and Kelly join, dissenting.
121309P.pdf 07/03/2013 Terry Plunk v. Ray Hobbs
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-1309
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Bye and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Prisoner case - Habeas. The district court erred in concluding that
Plunk's trial attorney's dual representation of Plunk and Plunk's
girlfriend was not a conflict of interest that adversely affected the
attorney's performance; reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing
on the issue of whether Plunk waived the conflict of interest presented by
his attorney's dual representation.