Legal Opinion
Ricky Lee Grubbs v. Paul Delo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1992No. 90-1664PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Ricky Lee Grubbs was convicted of capital murder by the state of Missouri and sentenced to death. He appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas petition. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
On February 16, 1984, fire fighters were called to the scene of a mobile home fire in Miner, Missouri. They discovered the body of Jerry Russell Thornton inside the mobile home. Thornton’s hands and feet were bound with neckties and he had suffered massive injuries: thirteen broken ribs, a cracked sternum, a laceration of the liver, damage to the small…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Eric Clemmons v. Paul DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
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