Legal Opinion
John Edward Swindler v. A.L. Lockhart, Commissioner of the Arkansas Dept. Of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1989No. 88-2387PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
John Edward Swindler appeals from the District Court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
On September 24, 1976, Swindler, in flight from South Carolina where he was wanted for the murders of two teenagers, stopped off at a service station in Fort Smith, Arkansas apparently to ask directions to Kansas City. At the service station, Swindler was approached by Randy Basnett, a Fort Smith police officer. Swindler shot and killed Officer Basnett. Before he died, Basnett was able to fire five or six times through the car door…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by29 opinions
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