Legal Opinion
Luther Williams v. Missouri Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1972No. 72-1233PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Luther Williams, a state prisoner, is confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary and was granted a certificate of probable cause by District Judge William R. Collinson to effect an appeal to this court, following an adverse ruling on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
On March 9, 1967, the petitioner-appellant was sentenced to a term of ten years, after a jury found him guilty of robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. Thereafter, he appealed his conviction to the state supreme court and in State v. Williams, 423 S.W.2d 736 (Mo.1968) the Supreme Court of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tate v. ShortSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Reetz v. BozanichSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Fornaris v. Ridge Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Thomas Harry Durkin v. Jack F. Davis, Director, Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Zemina v. SolemDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1977
- Michael R. King v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Lonnie Ray Franklin v. Donald Wyrick, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Cobb v. WyrickDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
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