Legal Opinion
Wayne Glenn Knutson v. Lou v. Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1980No. 79-1861PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This is a petition for habeas corpus brought by a state prisoner, Wayne Glenn Knutson. The District Court (the Hon. W. C. Stuart, Chief Judge) dismissed the petition on its merits. We affirm.
Knutson is serving a life sentence for the crime of kidnapping for ransom. 1 He claims he is unconstitutionally in custody for two reasons: (1) The Iowa kidnapping-for-ransom statute, § 706.3, Code of Iowa (1971), is invalid as applied to his conduct in this case; and (2) even if the statute is valid, a rational jury could not have found beyond a reasonable doubt all the elements of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
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