Legal Opinion
Steven Wesley Parkus v. Michael Bowersox
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 21, 1998No. 97-1983PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Steven W. Parkus, a Missouri inmate sentenced to death, appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
I
Parkus was found guilty of first degree murder for the strangulation death of Mark Steffenhagen. The details of the crime were set forth by the Missouri Supreme Court in its opinion affirming the conviction and sentence on direct appeal. See State v. Parkus, 753 S.W.2d 881 (Mo.1988) (en banc), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 900, 109 S.Ct. 248, 102 L.Ed.2d 237 (1988), and we summarize them…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Affronti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- John R. Tiedeman v. Dennis Benson, Warden, State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Jahn Henri Parker v. Michael BowersoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Donna Barger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
- Stanley Boysiewick v. Dora SchriroCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Anthony McReynolds v. Mike KemnaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
- Terrance David Burkhalter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
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