Legal Opinion

Joseph F. Kennedy v. Paul K. Delo

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 19, 1992No. 91-1075PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Joseph F. Kennedy appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Kennedy asserts five grounds in arguing that his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection were violated at trial: (1) that the state trial court failed to instruct the jury on first degree murder as a lesser included offense to capital murder; (2) that the state prosecutor knowingly used false testimony from key witness Ralph West; (3) that the trial court failed to give a modified version of the Missouri-approved intoxication defense instruction…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Reed v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Emmett C. Nave v. Paul K. Delo, Emmett C. Nave v. Paul K. Delo, Emmett C. Nave v. Paul K. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  2. Elbert Whaley Jones v. Gary Jerrison, Parole Officer Cranston Mitchell, Board of Probation and Parole and the Attorney General of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  3. Andrew Sasser v. Ray HobbsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013
  4. Anthony J. Larette v. Paul DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  5. Richard S. Zeitvogel v. Paul DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996

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