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Troynell Thomas v. Michael Bowersox

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 31, 2000No. 99-2486PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Troynell Thomas appeals from the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. We affirm.

I

Thomas was convicted of first degree murder on April 29, 1988, for the shooting of a boy who had been present with Thomas’s son when an altercation broke out on a basketball court. After a jury trial in Missouri state court, Thomas was sentenced on June 10, 1988, to life imprisonment without possibility of probation or parole. The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed Thomas’s conviction and sentence, see State v. Thomas, 791 S.W.2d 861, 863 (Mo.App.1990), and Thomas…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Glennon Paul Sweet v. Paul Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  5. Lamont E. Owens v. Dave Dormire Jeremiah (Jay) W. Nixon, Attorney General, State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Eddie Randolph v. Michael L. Kemna, Superintendent Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
  2. Branden Clark v. Leann BertschCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
  3. Shelton v. PurkettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  4. Worthington v. RoperDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2009
  5. Manuel Camacho v. Wendy KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018

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