Legal Opinion
Worthington v. Roper
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 6, 2011No. 09-1802, 09-2000PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
The Circuit Court of St. Charles County, Missouri, sentenced Michael Worthington to death after he pled guilty to one count of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree burglary, and one count of forcible rape. Following unsuccessful state appeals and postconviction proceedings, Worthington filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing seven grounds for relief. The district court granted his petition on one ground, from which Warden Don Roper now appeals. Worthington, in turn, cross-appeals from the district court’s rejection of…
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