Legal Opinion
Roach v. Parratt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1976No. Nos. 76-1215, 76-1216PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
The District Court in these federal habeas corpus actions filed by state prisoners pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 invalidated state judgments of conviction and ordered that petitioners be retried within 90 days or released.1 Roach v. Parratt, 407 F.Supp. 703 (D.Neb.1976). A timely appeal was filed by Robert Parratt, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, and Jacqueline Crawford, Superintendent of the Nebraska Center for Women, each of whom had custody of the respective petitioners, Donald Roach and Gizelle Pearl Graves. Petitioners had been convicted of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Frank Petillo v. State of New Jersey, and Albert D. Gray, Etc. Angelo Albanese v. Howard Yeager and John Cyran, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- William Alton Rigsbee, Jr. v. J. D. Parkinson, Warden, South Dakota PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Horace Berry Jordan v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Johnie Stocker, Jr. v. Terrell Don Hutto, Commissioner, Arkansas Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Donald Roach v. Robert Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Gizelle Pearl Graves v. Jacqueline Crawford, Superintendent, Nebraska Center for WomenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976