Legal Opinion
Patricia Marie Boyd v. State of Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 17, 2001No. 01-1040PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Patricia Boyd appeals the district court’s 1 denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1996, after the apparent drowning death of her newborn baby, Boyd was charged with murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the second degree, and interference with a dead body. She was tried in the district court of Mower County, Minnesota, and convicted of all three charges. Boyd dismissed her direct appeal and sought post-conviction relief in state district court. After an evidentiary hearing, the court denied her request for relief. The Minnesota Court of Appeals…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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