Legal Opinion
Edward Parton v. Donald Wyrick, Warden John Ashcroft, Attorney General, State of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1980No. 79-1348PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Edward Parton appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
In June of 1971, Parton was found guilty by a jury of statutory rape and sentenced by the court pursuant to the Missouri Second Offender Act, Mo.Rev.Stat. § 556.280, to 50 years imprisonment. This conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Parton, 487 S.W.2d 523 (Mo.1972).
Parton subsequently filed a motion to vacate judgment and sentence under Missouri Supreme Court Rule 27.26. Following an evidentiary hearing, Parton’s motion was overruled. He then filed…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Nathaniel Williams v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Lewis C. Wallace v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Commonwealth v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Charles Lee Thomas v. Donald W. WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- George Frank Lindner v. Donald W. Wyrick, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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