Legal Opinion

Cotton v. Hutto

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 15, 1978No. Nos. 77-1813, 77-1851 and 77-1900PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

C. L. Richardson appeals from the District Court’s denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On October 16, 1975, a grand jury for the Eastern District of Missouri returned a fifty-six-count indictment against several defendants, including Richardson, and charged them with numerous drug-related offenses. Richardson was specifically charged in four counts with violations of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 843(b), 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. He was subsequently arrested and pled not guilty. On December 4, 1975, he appeared before the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Houser v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
  5. Stanley Eugene Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Madewell v. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  2. Madewell v. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  3. Thomas Crowder v. Russell E. LashCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  4. Herrera v. ValentineCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  5. Ronald Gene Ouzts v. Sgt. D. Cummins E. Campbell, Co-I Warden W.H. Sargent, Arkansas Dept. Of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987

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