Legal Opinion
RICHARD D. CLAY, — APPELLEE/CROSS v. MICHAEL BOWERSOX, — APPELLANT/CROSS
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 17, 2004No. 02-2419, 02-2522PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
A Missouri state court jury found Richard Clay guilty of the first degree murder of Randy Martindale. A few months later, a second jury convicted Martindale’s estranged wife Stacy of hiring the murderer. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed Clay’s conviction and death sentence and the denial of state post-conviction relief. State v. Clay, 975 S.W.2d 121 (Mo.1998) (en banc). Clay then filed this petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus, bolstering many of his state court contentions with new evidence and legal theories. The district court granted the writ on the grounds…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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