Legal Opinion
Scott Timothy Berrisford v. Frank W. Wood, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1987No. 86-5182PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Scott T. Berrisford was found guilty by a Minnesota state court jury on two counts of first degree murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.-185(1) & (3), and one count of kidnapping, Minn.Stat. § 609.25. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Berrisford, 361 N.W.2d 846 (Minn.1985). He thereafter filed in the District Court a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied. On appeal Berrisford contends that (1) the state trial court’s evidentiary rulings admitting various out-of-court statements made by an accomplice violated his Sixth…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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