Legal Opinion
Johnny E. Wilson v. Mike Kemna
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1994No. 93-1228PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Johnny E. Wilson appeals the district court’s 1 judgment denying, his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
Wilson was convicted of first degree assault for the stabbing of Joe Dobda. The stabbing occurred late one night at the residence of Carolyn Churchill. 2 Though several people were outside the house during the incident, only Wilson, Dobda, and Churchill witnessed any of the relevant events leading up to the stabbing. Wilson and Dobda both testified at trial, presenting two very different versions of what happened. Wilson claimed that he acted in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mikel W. Houston v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Ray Lee Spillers v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- State v. WilsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Kevin Stanford v. Phil Parker, Warden, Kentucky State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Thomas W. Sawyer v. Gerald Hofbauer, Thomas W. Sawyer v. Clarice StovallCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Apanovitch v. HoukCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Steven L. Toney v. James A. Gammon Jeremiah (Jay) W. NixonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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