Legal Opinion
Connie Bivens v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1981No. 80-1670PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Connie Bivens appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to release him from imprisonment in the state of Missouri. We affirm the District Court’s 1 denial of relief.
On July 8, 1976, Bivens was convicted by a jury of first-degree robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon. Under Missouri’s Second Offender Act, he was sentenced to thirty-five years’ imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal to the state appellate court. State v. Bivens, 558 S.W.2d 296 (Mo.Ct.App.1977). On December 20, 1979, Bivens filed a petition for habeas…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- United States v. Richard Lane Bangert, and Alan Harold KandelCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Robert Roy MeffordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Theodore Roosevelt Johnson, Jr. v. Donald WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Basile v. BowersoxDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1999
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