Legal Opinion
Frank J. Guinan v. William Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1990No. 89-2301PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Frank J. Guinan appeals from the District Court’s 1 denial of his petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). Guinan was convicted by a jury of capital murder in connection with the murder of a fellow inmate at the Missouri State Penitentiary. Guinan and another inmate entered the victim’s cell and repeatedly stabbed him with “knives” fashioned out of one half of a pair of scissors. The jury sentenced Guinan to death. Gui-nan’s conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal, State v. Guinan, 665 S.W.2d 325 (Mo.) (en banc), cert. denied, 469…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Kenneth L. Kenley v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Darrel Wayne Hill, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Alan Bannister v. Bill Armontrout Attorney General of the State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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