Legal Opinion

William Roscoe White v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 2, 1976No. 76--1148PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Webster, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

1Per curiam

This matter comes before this court on the petitioner’s application for a certificate of probable cause. Petitioner, who is an inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri alleging that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for first degree murder, and alleging that he had exhausted available state remedies. The district court dismissed the petition solely on the basis that the petitioner was currently appealing a denial by the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Louis Cunha v. Lou v. Brewer, Warden at the Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  3. Melvin Leroy Tyler v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Marty O'Shea Franklin v. James Rose, Warden of Tennessee State Penitentiary, and State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  2. Elbert Whaley Jones v. Gary Jerrison, Parole Officer Cranston Mitchell, Board of Probation and Parole and the Attorney General of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  3. Lucien Jules Guidroz v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, and Jim Mattox, Attorney General of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  4. Shaw v. ScullyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
  5. Antoine L. Bracken v. Dave DormireCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001

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