Legal Opinion
Reeves v. Hopkins
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided May 14, 1996No. CV90-L-311PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KOPF, District Judge.
This habeas corpus case involving the death penalty is before me upon the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Reeves v. Hopkins, 76 F.3d 1424 (8th Cir.1996) [hereinafter Reeves V], reversing in part this court’s opinion in Reeves v. Hopkins, 871 F.Supp. 1182 (D.Neb. 1994) [hereinafter Reeves IV], and remanding for further proceedings. 1
I. BACKGROUND
Reeves’s case is unique. It became unusual when the United States Supreme Court vacated the postconviction judgment of the Nebraska Supreme Court. In Reeves’s prior direct…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hopkins v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- State v. ReevesNebraska Supreme Court · 2000
- Randolph K. Reeves, Appellee/appellant v. Frank X. Hopkins, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Appellant/appelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Hopkins v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Randolph K. Reeves v. Frank X. HopkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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