Legal Opinion
Billy Lee Williams v. Michael Groose
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1992No. 92-2064PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
Billy Lee Williams, a Missouri prisoner, appeals the district court's 1 dismissal of his fifth petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as an abuse of the writ. We affirm.
In July 1983, Williams was convicted by a jury of burglary in the second degree and sentenced to an enhanced twelve-year term of imprisonment due to his status as a persistent offender. In May 1991, Williams filed this habeas petition alleging that-he was illegally detained without a warrant; that the state unlawfully obtained evidence during that detention; and that the trial judge improperly sentenced him. According to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Johnson v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Nathaniel Williams v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Thomas Henry Battle v. William Armontrout, Warden of Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Stevens v. RedwingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Aziz v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- John Henry Nachtigall v. Joseph Class, Warden, South Dakota State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Fallon v. CoulsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- State v. GoodroadSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
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