Legal Opinion
Closs v. Weber
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided December 23, 1999No. Civ. 99-4124PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PIERSOL,'Chief Judge.
Petitioner Randy Lee Closs, a South Dakota inmate, petitions for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated below, the petition is granted.
I. Background and Procedural History
On April 12, 1984, when petitioner was twenty-one years old, a South Dakota jury convicted him of second-degree burglary and grand theft in one case and of third-degree burglary and petty theft in a second case. All counts were joined for trial. The trial court sentenced petitioner to fifteen years of imprisonment on the second-degree burglary conviction…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Penson v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Randy Lee Closs v. Douglas Weber, Warden of the South Dakota State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Closs v. South Dakota Board of Pardons & ParolesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003
- Closs v. South Dakota Board of Pardons & ParolesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003
- Randy Lee Closs v. Douglas WeberCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001