Legal Opinion
Junior Clay Walker v. Herman S. Solem and Mark Meierhenry, Attorney General of the State of South Dakota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 9, 1982No. 81-2452PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Junior Clay Walker appeals from the District Court’s 1 order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He claims that he is being held in violation of the Constitution because he was denied the effective assistance of counsel and because there was insufficient evidence to return a guilty verdict. We affirm.
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On September 27, 1976, at approximately 3:00 a. m.. Mr. Walker’s home in Hot Springs, South Dakota, was destroyed by a fire resulting from arson. The State of South Dakota charged him with the crime of arson with intent to defraud an…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. Joseph Ward EasterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Michael Timm Rinehart v. Lou v. Brewer, Warden of the Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Curtis Dale Morrow v. Robert F. Parratt, Jr., Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Johnny Franklin Harris v. Vernon Housewright, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Harold Lamont Otey v. Gary Grammer, Warden of Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Gary Leon Riley v. Donald Wyrick, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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