Legal Opinion
Franco v. Wyrick
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided February 21, 1979No. 78-0412-CV-W-3PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
RUSSELL G. CLARK, District Judge.
Petitioner, presently confined at the Missouri State Penitentiary, has filed a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 through his retained counsel.1 He challenges two convictions for second degree murder imposed after a single jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri in late 1974. A direct state appeal was unsuccessful. State v. Franco, 544 S.W.2d 533 (Mo.1976) (en banc), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 957, 97 S.Ct. 2682, 53 L.Ed.2d 275 (1977). This action followed.
This case presents two allegations:
1. Petitioner was…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Greenhaw v. WyrickDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1979