Legal Opinion
Keith A. Smith v. Michael Bowersox
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2003No. 01-3272PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
After a jury trial in Missouri state court, Keith Smith (Smith) was convicted of committing a double murder. The jury sentenced Smith to life imprisonment for one of the murders, and the trial judge sentenced him to death for the other. The Missouri Supreme Court later affirmed Smith’s conviction and the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. Smith then filed this habeas petition. The district court 1 denied Smith’s petition without a hearing, and Smith now appeals. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In the fall of 1991, Smith was living as a guest in the Kansas City,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by32 opinions
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