Legal Opinion
Bruce Kilgore v. Michael Bowersox and Jeremiah W. Nixon
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 25, 1997No. 96-2563EMPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
Bruce Kilgore was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. After the Missouri state courts affirmed his conviction and denied him post-conviction relief, Kilgore filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the District Court. 1 The District Court denied the petition, and we affirm.
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Bruce Kilgore was convicted of first-degree murder for the death of Marilyn Wilkins. The facts surrounding her kidnapping and murder are laid out in detail in the District Court’s opinion, and we repeat only a few here, for the sake of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- James W. Chambers v. Michael Bowersox, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Roy Ramsey v. Michael Bowersox, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- State v. CrossWashington Supreme Court · 2006
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