Legal Opinion
Patrick Ronald Russell v. Robert Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1976No. 76-1313PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.
The appellant before us (hereafter defendant), Patrick Ronald Russell, seeks habeas corpus relief from his conviction, in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, for first degree murder. The United States District Court for the District of Nebraska 1 denied relief. We affirm.
The essential facts underlying the conviction are not complex and were summarized by the Nebraska Supreme Court as follows:
On November 10, 1973, Joseph Matthew Edmonds, an 8-year-old boy, was reported missing in Omaha, Nebraska. A police investigation was started on the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Newman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- John Wayne Kemplen v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by18 opinions
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