Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Houston
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 23, 2009No. 08-2147PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
In 1984, Robert H. Hunt Jr. was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Beverly Ramspott. On direct appeal, the Nebraska Supreme Court vacated Hunt’s death sentence, and he was later sentenced to life in prison. State v. Hunt, 220 Neb. 707, 371 N.W.2d 708 (1985) (Hunt I). Following his unsuccessful attempts to obtain state postconviction relief (discussed in more detail below), Hunt petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. A new trial was ordered, and the State of Nebraska appealed. We reverse.
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