Legal Opinion
Dyas v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1983No. 82-2016PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1975, habeas petitioner Jimmie Lee Dyas was convicted of capital felony murder by a jury in the Little River (Arkansas) Circuit Court. Dyas was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. The presiding judge at Dyas’ trial was the now deceased Judge Bobby Steele, who was the uncle of the Prosecuting Attorney and the brother and father of the two Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys who participated in the prosecution of Dyas. Before trial, Judge Steele sua sponte wrote Dyas’ trial counsel and offered to disqualify himself because of his…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- O.C. Chick Fero v. Dareld KerbyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Railey v. WebbCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- State v. BjorklundNebraska Supreme Court · 2000
- Russell Earl Nichols v. George SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
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