Legal Opinion

Gilmore v. Armontrout

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided February 26, 1988No. 86-4583-CV-C-5PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

SCOTT O. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

Pending for decision in this Court is petitioner George C. Gilmore’s application for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is in the custody of the Missouri State Penitentiary, pursuant to a conviction of capital murder on May 6, 1982 in the Osage County Circuit Court. The petitioner was subsequently sentenced to death.

Petitioner appealed directly to the Missouri Supreme Court, which affirmed the conviction. See State v. Gilmore, 661 S.W.2d 519 (Mo.1983) (en banc). Following this adverse decision, petitioner filed a 27.26 motion which was denied…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. George C. Gilmore v. Bill Armontrout, George C. Gilmore v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  2. Simmons v. LockhartDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1989

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