Legal Opinion
Roy C. Reynolds v. James Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1978No. 77-1675PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
On March 7, 1969, an Arkansas state court jury found Roy C. Reynolds guilty of kidnapping and first degree rape of a 13 year old girl. Reynolds was sentenced to 99 years imprisonment. The victim positively identified Reynolds as the person who kidnapped her younger brother and herself, and as the person who had raped her. Reynolds did not appeal from his conviction. In 1975 he unsuccessfully sought post-conviction relief in the state court on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. The denial of his petition was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Arkansas in an…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Herring v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Geders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Millard Robert Beasley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Seales v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- State v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- Edward Charles Pickens v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Benson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
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