Legal Opinion
Randy Lee Closs v. Walter Leapley, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Mark W. Barnett, Attorney General, State of South Dakota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1994No. 93-1847PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
In late 1982, someone broke into Janet Gulliekson’s house and stole several items of jewelry, including various rings with diamonds, an amethyst, and glass stones in them. Randy Closs was subsequently convicted of burglary and theft in state court in South Dakota in connection with that break-in. In the same trial, he was also convicted of burglary and theft related to items stolen from a car about a month after the house break-in.
After exhausting his state remedies, Mr. Closs petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court with respect to the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- United States v. Dwight ArmstrongCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Mark PrieskornCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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