Legal Opinion
George Mercer v. Bill Armontrout, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1988No. 86-2593PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
George Mercer was found guilty of capital murder under Mo.Rev.Stat. § 565.001 (1978) 1 and sentenced to death after a five-day jury trial. On appeal the judgment of conviction was affirmed. State v. Mercer, 618 S.W.2d 1 (Mo.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 933, 102 S.Ct. 432, 70 L.Ed.2d 240 (1981).
Following his conviction, Mercer filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court. After the matter was remanded to the state for further proceedings, Mercer renewed his petition in the federal district court. 2 The district court ultimately denied Mercer’s…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Barclay v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Mark A. Hopkinson v. Duane Shillinger, and the Attorney General of the State of WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Robert Osborne v. James D. Purkett, Superintendent, Eastern Missouri Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Joseph Amrine v. Michael Bowersox, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Antonio Richardson v. Michael BowersoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
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