Legal Opinion
Grigsby v. Mabry
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided March 7, 1980No. PB-C-78-32PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
EISELE, Chief Judge.
James Grigsby filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on March 15, 1978, setting forth seven different grounds challenging the validity of his state court conviction. 1 On March 7, 1979, relief on the first six grounds was denied, judgment on the seventh ground was reserved, counsel was appointed for the defendant and the attorneys for both parties were directed to brief the issues. An evidentiary hearing was scheduled for, and held on, May 16, 1979, to determine whether the state trial court abused its discretion when it refused a continuance sought…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by36 opinions
- People v. FieldsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
- Hovey v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Ramos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Grigsby v. MabryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Hooks v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1980
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