Legal Opinion
Robert A. Cornell v. Crispus Nix, Warden, Isp
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1997No. 95-3829PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Robert A. Cornell appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his Rule 60(b), Fed.R.Civ. P., motion to reopen his petition for habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994). 2 The petition attacked Cornell’s 1976 first-degree murder conviction on two grounds: first, that new evidence showed Cornell was actually innocent of the crime, and second, that the prosecution unconstitutionally had suppressed exculpatory evidence. In an en banc decision, we rejected on the merits Cornell’s claim based on suppression of evidence. Cornell v. Nix, 976 F.2d 376, 382-84 (8th…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Clyde Phillip Cox v. Ken Burger, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
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- Baker v. John Morrell & Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2003
- Diamen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
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