Legal Opinion

William Arthur McKinley Jones, Jr. v. J. S. Petrovsky, Warden, F. C. I., Sandstone, Minnesota

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 21, 1980No. 80-1330PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

William Arthur McKinley Jones, Jr., appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm the judgment of the district court for the reasons stated below.

Jones is an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone, Minnesota, where he is serving a nine year sentence and a four year sentence, consecutively, pursuant to two convictions by the State of Delaware. He is a state prisoner but is incarcerated at Sandstone pursuant to an agreement between the federal government and the State of Delaware. 1

Jones pled guilty to two state…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Merle Ray Winford v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  3. Hill v. WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  4. Harold James Leroy Irwin v. Charles L. Wolff, Jr., Warden Nebraska Penal ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. United States v. Van ThournoutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  2. United States v. Kenneth GoingsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  3. United States v. Kenneth GoingsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000

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