Legal Opinion
James Leroy Nelson v. Herman Solem, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1981No. 80-1562PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
James Leroy Nelson, petitioner, appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
In 1963 petitioner was tried and convicted of murder in South Dakota State Court. On direct appeal the conviction was affirmed by the South Dakota Supreme Court. State v. Nelson, 80 S.D. 574, 129 N.W.2d 54 (1964). Petitioner then sought post-conviction relief alleging that certain jury instructions given at trial violated his right to due process. The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled on the merits of petitioner’s claim…
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- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. HamiltonMontana Supreme Court · 1980
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