Legal Opinion
Greenawalt v. Ricketts
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1986No. 84-2752PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial by the district court of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse and remand for further proceedings with respect to the petition.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
On July 30, 1978, Randy Greenawalt and Gary Tison, inmates at Arizona State Prison in Florence, Arizona, received guns from two of Tison’s sons, Ricky and Raymond. The two prisoners escaped to a nearby green Ford sedan driven by Gary Tison’s son, Donald. Soon after the escape, the five men (termed the “Tison gang” by the press) transferred to a white Lincoln Continental and…
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- United States v. CarverSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Johnson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Shea v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Randy GREENAWALT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Terry L. STEWART, Et Al., Respondents-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Greenawalt v. RickettsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Greenawalt v. RickettsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992