Legal Opinion
T. Eugene Thompson v. Bruce McManus Warden, Minnesota State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1975No. 74-1568PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant T. Eugene Thompson appeals from a denial of habeas corpus relief by the district court. 1 Thompson, an inmate of the Minnesota State Prison since 1963, is serving a life sentence after conviction of the charge of causing the murder of his wife. He asserts he is held in custody in violation of his federal constitutional rights because: (1) Prejudicial pretrial publicity, which continued during his trial, prevented a fair trial; (2) the prosecutor used evidence obtained by an illegal search and seizure; (3) the prosecutor failed to disclose…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- Helen Frances Sutton Root v. Isabel H. GauperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Ronald Seibelt Goldenstein, United States of America v. John Larry RayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Thompson v. TahashDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1968
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. KoedatichSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- United States v. George Samuel Walter RogersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
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