Legal Opinion
Boothe v. Wyrick
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 19, 1978No. 77-0830-CV-W-4PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.
Petitioner, presently confined at the Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, has filed a pro se habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging two convictions for first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. Petitioner was indicted for the murders during the March 1970 term of the state grand jury, and tried before a jury in February 1971. The jury returned guilty verdicts on February 5, 1971, and, in accord with Missouri law, fixed the punishment as death. On appeal, the Missouri Supreme Court…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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