Legal Opinion

Roscoe Cotton v. Bill Armontrout, Acting Warden and John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the State of Missouri

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 18, 1986No. 84-2642Published

1Opinion of the Court

784 F.2d 320

Roscoe COTTON, Appellant,

v.

Bill ARMONTROUT, Acting Warden and John Ashcroft, Attorney

General of the State of Missouri, Appellees.

No. 84-2642.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Oct. 17, 1985.

Decided Feb. 18, 1986.

Timothy Tryniecki, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John J. Oldenburg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

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Roscoe Cotton appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. United States v. Melvin TelfaireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  3. Robert Gray Graham v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Mark v. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  4. United States v. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
  5. Joseph Sanchell v. William Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976

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