Legal Opinion
Walter J. Blair v. Bill Armontrout, Walter J. Blair v. Bill Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1990No. 86-2375, 86-2376PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Walter J. Blair, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1989). Blair was convicted of killing Kathy Jo Allen, who was scheduled to testify as the victim in the rape trial of Larry Jackson. Jackson had made offers to pay Blair to kill Allen. On this appeal from denial of the writ, Blair argues that the writ should be granted for the following reasons: (1) the State knowingly used perjured testimony at his trial; (2) the exclusion from…
2Cases cited90 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by63 opinions
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- Calvert L. Antwine v. Paul Delo Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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