Legal Opinion
Smith v. Armontrout
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided August 11, 1988No. 87-4336-CV-C-5PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SCOTT O. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.
Before the Court is petitioner’s motion, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is currently incarcerated on Death Row at the Missouri State Penitentiary awaiting execution based upon a death sentence imposed for capital murder.
On July 11, 1988, a one-day hearing was held before the undersigned Judge, in which counsel for both petitioner and respondents presented evidence and witnesses on the issues raised by petitioner. Following this hearing, the Court took petitioner’s application for habeas relief under advisement. For the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by9 opinions
- People v. PensingerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- Gerald Smith v. William ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Gerald Smith v. William ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Gerald Smith v. William ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- State v. TruesdaleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
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