Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Dormire
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided July 31, 1998No. 4: 95 CV 2506 DDNPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
NOCE, United States Magistrate Judge.
This action is before the court upon the petition of Missouri state prisoner Kelvin Griffin for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
On July 14, 1993, petitioner Griffin was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis of first degree assault (Count I) and of armed criminal action (Count II). On August 11, 1993, Griffin was sentenced as a prior, persistent, and Class-X offender to consecutive…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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