Legal Opinion
Leslie Lomax v. Bill Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1991No. 89-2327PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Leslie Lomax appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). On appeal, Lomax argues that the district court erred in finding that the state prosecutor did not abuse his discretion by filing a nolle prosequi after voir dire but before the jury was sworn, and in finding that he was not placed in double jeopardy by subsequent re-indictment and prosecution. We affirm.
Lomax was convicted of the capital murder of a St. Louis undercover police officer, and sentenced to prison for life without possibility of parole…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Terry Wayne Sanders v. Clemco Industries and Ingersoll-Rand CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- State v. ClarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- United States v. Derrick Miller, United States of America v. Calvin WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Fassi v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
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