Legal Opinion
John Brown v. Bill Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1990No. 89-1089PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
John Brown appeals from a judgment of the district court denying his habeas corpus petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
In March, 1982 Brown pleaded guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for fifty years. At the guilty plea hearing, Brown acknowledged the following. Brown and Paula Washburn had lived together for four years. After the relationship ended in March, 1981, Brown threatened to kill Washburn and informed her parents of his intentions. On March 20, 1981 he threatened her with a butcher…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Castille v. PeoplesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Granberry v. GreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Melvin Powell v. Donald W. WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Leroy Williams v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Fisher v. TrickeyDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1987
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Antonio Evans v. Denis DowdCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Olesen v. ClassDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1997
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