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Vincent E. Sargent v. Bill Armontrout

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 14, 1988No. 87-1407PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Vincent Sargent appeals from an order of the district court 1 denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons stated below the order of the district court is affirmed.

I. BACKGROUND

On January 8, 1983 Sergeant James and Detective Darris of the Pine Lawn, Missouri, Police Department obtained a warrant to search Sargent’s residence for marijuana and PCP. The warrant was based on the affidavits of James and Darris wherein James recounted the information given to him by an informant and both recounted observations made when they conducted a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Ross v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. George Guy Derden, III v. Sheriff Sammie McNeel and Attorney General--State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  2. Gardner v. NorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1996
  3. Allen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. Williams v. ClarkeDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1993
  5. Murray v. DeloDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1991

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