Legal Opinion
Michael Dunn v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1982No. 81-2429PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Michael Dunn appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dunn argues that the district court should have held an evidentiary hearing before denying his petition. We affirm.
Dunn is currently in the Missouri state penitentiary serving two concurrent life sentences for murder. He now claims that his guilty pleas to first- and second-degree murder, entered on August 6,1977 and August 22, 1977 respectively, were not knowingly and voluntarily made because he was under the influence of drugs at the time of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Albert Joseph Degand, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. John Gregory LambrosCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Elsie Jean WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Robert Gray Graham v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Mark v. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Joseph Niziolek, Jr. v. Michael AsheCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Dung Thai Tran v. A.L. Lockhart, Director Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Rodney K. Burns v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Richards v. SolemCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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