Legal Opinion
Raymond Henry Atwell v. State of Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 21, 1970No. 19921_1PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner is a state prisoner serving a 10-year sentence for sodomy imposed after conviction by a jury in the Arkansas Circuit Court. The judgment of conviction was affirmed upon appeal. 244 Ark. 739, 427 S.W.2d 1 (1968). Petitioner filed a premature petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas but later exhausted his state remedies so as to qualify for a collateral review of his claims in the federal district court.
An evidentiary hearing was held by Judge Paul X. Williams with the petitioner represented by…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Morton SobellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- United States of America Ex Rel. James Cannon v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- Guss Maggitt v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Zemina v. SolemDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1977
- Robert Muller Taylor v. State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Michael Anthony GockeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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