Legal Opinion
Richard Bilauski v. Troy Steele
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2014No. 13-2210PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Warden Troy Steele and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster (collectively, the State) appeal from the district court’s order granting Richard Bilauski’s petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We reverse.. I. Background
On June 10, 2001, Bilauski was involved in a violent altercation with Robert Vessell and Danny Rose. Bilauski repeatedly struck Vessell in the head, first with a pogo stick and then with a baseball bat, delivering blows that caused Vessell to lose consciousness and later die. Bilauski also struck Rose with the baseball bat.
Bilauski was…
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