Legal Opinion
Reed Wayne Hamilton v. Crispus Nix, Warden, and Attorney General of the State of Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1987No. 84-2089PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Reed Hamilton was convicted in Iowa state court of first degree murder and voluntary manslaughter for the deaths of Cathy Larson and Nick Pappas, Jr. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed both convictions on direct appeal. State v. Hamilton, 335 N.W.2d 154 (Iowa 1983). Hamilton then petitioned under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleged that (1) key prosecution witnesses and certain evidence admitted at trial were discovered only because of earlier police violations of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, and, thus, being “fruit of the poisonous tree,” were…
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