Legal Opinion
Dewey E. Coleman v. Henry Risley, Warden, Montana State Prison, and Michael T. Greely, Attorney General for the State of Montana
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1988No. 85-4242PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Dewey E. Coleman, a Montana state prisoner who has been sentenced to death, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
I. FACTS
On July 4, 1974, Peggy Lee Harstad, twenty-one years old, disappeared while driving alone from Harlowton to Rosebud, Montana. The next day her car was found within a few miles of her home, near Rosebud. Several days later, a ranch hand discovered her purse inside a culvert about ten miles from her abandoned car. In the investigation which followed, an elderly…
2Cases cited123 opinions
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Gary Stewart Boardman v. Wayne Estelle, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Walter BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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