Legal Opinion
Ronald Lee Wolfe v. Elbert v. Nash, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1963No. 17109PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in forma pauperis from an order of the United States District Court dated June 15, 1962, 1 denying and dismissing the petition of Ronald Lee Wolfe for a writ of habeas corpus. Wolfe v. Nash, 205 F.Supp. 219. Wolfe is a prisoner of the State of Missouri, and an inmate of the State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri. He was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Pike County, Missouri, on February 29, 1960, by a jury, of statutory rape of an eight-year-old child on October 18, 1959, in Lincoln County, Missouri, and was sentenced to death. 2 At…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. George GilletteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Billy Ray Cox v. Terrell Don Hutto, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Lawrence W. MedlinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Samuel H. Sheppard v. E. L. Maxwell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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