Legal Opinion
Newlon v. Armontrout
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 2, 1988No. 86-4229-CV-C-5PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SCOTT O. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.
This petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Rayfield Newlon, an inmate in custody at the Missouri State Penitentiary. The petitioner seeks to vacate the sentence of death imposed on him after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri in August, 1979.
Petitioner’s conviction was affirmed on direct appeal by the Missouri Supreme Court in State v. Newlon, 627 S.W.2d 606 (Mo.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 884, 103 S.Ct. 185, 74 L.Ed.2d 149 (1982). Petitioner then filed a motion to vacate the sentence…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. ShurnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Calvert L. Antwine v. Paul Delo Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Rayfield Newlon v. William ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- State v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1988
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