Legal Opinion
In re Tucker
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided February 18, 1963No. 875PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
Petitioner files for writ of habeas corpus directed against E. V. Nash, Warden of Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri. Petitioner was convicted in the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County of murder in the first degree in a trial charging said offense and under the Habitual Criminal Act of Missouri, § 556.280 RSMo 1959, V.A. M.S. Upon a finding of guilty by the jury, the judge, acting under the provisions of the Habitual Criminal Act, sentenced petitioner to death. His conviction was appealed by petitioner to the Supreme Court of Missouri which Court…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Buchalter v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Thomas v. TeetsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Ronald Lee Wolfe v. Elbert v. Nash, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Charles Lee Oliver v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- United States of America Ex Rel. Silvio De Vita v. Lloyd W. McCorkle Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by4 opinions
- James W. Price v. J. Wayne Allgood, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Deckard v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1971
- Wilwording v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1970
- Roberts v. City of FairbanksDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2021