Legal Opinion
Roy Ramsey v. Michael Bowersox, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1998No. 97-1576PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Roy Ramsey, a Missouri death row inmate, appeals 'the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
On November 21, 1988, Ramsey and his brother, Billy, went to the home of an elderly couple, Garnett and Betty Ledford, to rob them. Billy’s girlfriend drove the brothers there in her car. Ramsey had a gun, but Billy did not. Garnett answered the door, and Ramsey used the gun to force his way inside. The brothers took the Ledfords upstairs to a bedroom. After Betty opened the Ledfords’ safe, the brothers tied her in a…
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