Legal Opinion
Hill v. Wyrick
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1978No. 77-1535PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.
James Roy Hill appeals from the District Court’s1 denial of his writ of habeas corpus *750filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
Petitioner was convicted in the St. Louis Circuit Court of various counts of murder, robbery, and assault in connection with a robbery that occurred at Cousin Hugo’s tavern in Maplewood, Missouri on March 18, 1972. His conviction was affirmed by the Missouri Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court denied review.2
Prior to the state trial, a state judge ordered a hearing to determine whether the proposed in-court identification of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Lewis C. Wallace v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Kenneth Huie DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Harold Lamont Otey v. Frank X. Hopkins, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Stephen Bryant BorrelliCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- State v. PorraroSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
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