Legal Opinion
Donald Garfield Cox v. Donald Wyrick, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1981No. 80-1462PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Donald Garfield Cox appeals the district court’s1 denial of his application pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
Petitioner Cox, a Missouri state prisoner, was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, on December 6, 1974. His conviction was affirmed on appeal, State v. Cox, 542 S.W.2d 40 (Mo.App.1976), and his Rule 27.26 motion denied. Cox v. State, 578 S.W.2d 54 (Mo.App.1978). Cox thereafter filed the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
The district court denied Cox’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wardius v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Joseph Ward EasterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Lewis C. Wallace v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Jonas H. Whitmore v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Love v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- Kenneth Hawkman v. Robert Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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