Legal Opinion
Huntley Ruff v. Bill Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1996No. 95-1884PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Huntley Ruff brought a petition for habeas corpus following convictions for forcible rape, sodomy, robbery, and armed criminal action. The district court 1 denied relief. Because all of Ruffs claims are either procedurally barred or lack merit, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
This habeas petition has been before us once before. In that instance, the state appealed the district court’s grant of habeas relief based upon the prosecution’s withholding of exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland. 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). We reversed,…
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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