Legal Opinion
Maurice Oscar Byrd v. Paul Delo, Superintendent, State Correctional Facility at Potosi, and Attorney General of the State of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1990No. 90-1491PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Maurice Oscar Byrd, a Missouri death-row inmate, appeals an order of the United States District Court 1 for the Eastern District of Missouri denying his second petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Byrd v. Delo, 733 F.Supp. 1334 (E.D.Mo.1990). In the alternative, Byrd requests that his stay of execution be continued. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the order of the district court and dissolve the stay of execution. 2
I. HABEAS CORPUS
This is Byrd’s second habeas petition. Byrd’s claims fall into two broad categories: three claims which…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. John Lewis Wagner, Michael T. Wagner, and Scott A. SineCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Wilburn A. Henderson v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Maurice Oscar Byrd v. Paul Delo, Superintendent, State Correctional Facility at Potosi, and Attorney General of the State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Jodie Marie FallonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Lloyd Eugene Schlup v. Bill Armontrout, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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