Legal Opinion
Dean v. Smith
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided August 3, 2011No. 4:09CV3144, 4:09CV3146, 4:09CV3147, 4:09CV3148PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
RICHARD G. KOPF, District Judge.
I. Introduction
In 1989, the plaintiffs in these four § 1983 actions, James Dean, Kathleen Gonzalez, Thomas Winslow, and Joann Taylor, pleaded guilty or no contest to committing, or else aiding and abetting the commission of, second-degree murder in connection with the 1985 death of Helen Wilson in Beatrice, Nebraska. A fifth criminal co-defendant, Deb Shelden, also entered a plea of guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree murder, but she has only recently filed a § 1983 action in this court (Case No. 4:11CV3099). A sixth criminal…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Thomas Winslow v. Richard SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
- Thomas Winslow v. Richard SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012