Legal Opinion
Jose Erasmo Crespo v. Bill Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1987No. 86-1696PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Jose Erasmo Crespo, a Missouri state prisoner serving a life sentence for capital murder, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Crespo contends that the district court erred in denying his petition because: (1) the admission of incriminating statements at trial violated his rights under the Constitution and Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), and (2) the prosecutor deprived him of a fair trial by asking him an improper and prejudicial question during…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Miller v. FentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Connecticut v. BarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by21 opinions
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