Legal Opinion
Arvin J. Garrett v. Michael Groose
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1996No. 95-4188EMPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
Arvin Garrett appeals the dismissal of his second habeas corpus petition by the District Court. 1 The Court dismissed two of his four proffered grounds for relief as successive and two as abusive. We hold that petitioner has not met the requirements necessary to allow us to consider this successive petition on its merits. Therefore, we affirm.
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Arvin Garrett was convicted in 1978 of the first degree murder of James Bundy. 2 The Court sentenced him to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 50 years. After an unsuccessful appeal of the guilty verdict,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- John Henry Nachtigall v. Joseph Class, Warden, South Dakota State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- State v. GarrettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- James Washington, Jr. v. Paul K. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Gerald Smith v. William ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Garrett v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
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