Legal Opinion
James Gibson v. Michael Bowersox
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1996No. 95-2144PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
James Gibson appeals the district court’s1 denial of a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that the state failed to prove every element of his drug trafficking offense beyond a reasonable doubt because it tested an inadequate sample of cocaine base, and that the state impermissibly used peremptory strikes against African-American venirepersons. We affirm.
I
On May 23,1991, St. Louis, Missouri police officers Mark Grman and John Winter observed appellant James Gibson, an African-American, drop a paper cup to the ground. When asked by the officers to pick…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Edwin Jones v. Jimmy JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. Isidro Serrano-Lopez, United States of America v. Eleodoro Lopez-Urias, Also Known as Lole, United States of America v. Elvia RiosCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Terry Gee v. Michael GrooseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Dwayne Coulter v. Jerry GilmoreCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Lyman Gerald CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Daryl Shurn v. Paul Delo, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
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