Legal Opinion
Robert Earl O'neal, II v. Paul Delo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1995No. 93-1193PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Robert Earl O’Neal, II, appeals from the order of the District Court denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 1 We affirm.
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On May 14, 1985, a Missouri jury found O’Neal, who is white, guilty of capital murder in the stabbing death of fellow Missouri State Penitentiary inmate Arthur Dade, a black. 2 The state’s evidence suggested a racial motive for the murder of Dade. The jury imposed the death penalty. O’Neal’s conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. His Missouri Rule of Criminal Procedure 27.26 (repealed 1988) motion for…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. AbelSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Dawson v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by42 opinions
- State v. RobbOhio Supreme Court · 2000
- Calvert L. Antwine v. Paul Delo Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Robert T. Sidebottom v. Paul Delo Jay NixonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Jeffrey Paul Sloan v. Paul Delo, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Boyle v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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