Legal Opinion
Mark John Carney v. Joan Fabian, Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2007No. 06-3150PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Mark Carney appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
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In March 2001, Carney was convicted in a Minnesota state district court of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of John Voeller. At the time of the murder, Car ney believed that Voeller was having an affair with his wife, Shelia. At trial, Carney admitted that he shot Voeller, but asserted that he had acted in the heat of passion and requested that the jury receive an instruction for the lesser-included offense of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Duncan v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Michael McCall v. Dennis Benson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Bryan Kirby Barrett, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Gerardo Acevedo, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- John Middleton v. Don Roper, 1Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
- Donnie Lee Wyldes, Jr. v. Thomas Hundley, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Arnold v. DormireCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
- Turnage v. FabianCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
- Rucker v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Jackson v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 2009
- Lotter v. HoustonDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 2011
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