Legal Opinion
Theodore Roosevelt Johnson, Jr. v. Donald Wyrick
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1981No. 80-2136PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Theodore Roosevelt Johnson, Jr. appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to release him from imprisonment in the state of Missouri. We affirm the district court’s 1 denial of relief.
On February 1, 1973, Johnson was convicted by a jury of two counts of first degree murder, two counts of assault with intent to kill with malice, and two counts of first degree robbery by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. He was sentenced to two concurrent life terms and to four concurrent terms of ninety-nine years, the latter to run consecutively…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- United States v. Roger GrishamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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