Legal Opinion
Eugene Holt v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1981No. 80-2004PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Eugene Holt, a Missouri state prisoner, appeals from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Holt’s first trial for murder ended in a mistrial. In his second trial, the jury convicted Holt of second degree murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed Holt’s conviction in an extensive opinion written by Judge Seiler. State v. Holt, 592 S.W.2d 759 (1980). Holt then filed a petition seeking habeas corpus relief in federal district court, 1 which referred the petition to Magistrate William S.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Craig Thomas Bates v. Gary R. McCaughtry Warden, Waupun Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- William R. Cody v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Mark Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Isaac James Tindle, A/K/A I.J.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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