Legal Opinion
Billy Gross v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1967No. 18669_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
Billy Gross, a prisoner in the state penitentiary at Grady, Arkansas, appeals, in forma pauperis and with appointed counsel, from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Harris issued the certificate of probable cause required by 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we must review. Nowakowski v. Maroney, 386 U.S. 542, 87 S.Ct. 1197, 18 L.Ed.2d 282 (1967).
The primary facts are not in dispute. On November 4, 1958, upon a plea of guilty, Gross was convicted in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas, of the state offenses of burglary, larceny, and forgery and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden of San Quentin Prison v. Frederick GrayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Charles Markovich, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Nowakowski v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Hector Salvidar Amaya v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Leonard Wymer Walle v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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