Legal Opinion
Samuel Lee McDonald v. Michael Bowersox
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1997No. 95-3863PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Samuel Lee McDonald, a death row inmate in Missouri state prison, was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury on February 24, 1982, for the May 16,1981 shooting of an off-duty police officer. After repeated filings for postconviction relief in Missouri state court, McDonald filed his first federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus in 1989. The district court 1 denied McDonald’s petition in 1995. McDonald now appeals the district court’s decision. McDonald argues that the district court erred in failing to hold an evidentiary hearing to establish his claim of…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Roy Roberts v. Michael BowersoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Bounsouay Thatsaphone v. Douglas Weber, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Mark W. Barnett, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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