Legal Opinion
Jay Randall Wolfs v. R. G. Britton, Superintendent, Tucker Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1975No. 74--1558PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.
The petitioner before us, Jay Randall Wolfs, was convicted by a jury of assault with intent to kill and his punishment was assessed, by the same jury, at nineteen years in the penitentiary. He appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of Arkansas. His conviction was there affirmed, with a reluctant concurrence by Justice Fogleman. 1 Petitioner (hereafter defendant) subsequently brought a petition for writ of habeas corpus, 2 denied by the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, from which denial appeal is taken to this court.
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2Cases cited34 opinions
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Edward Charles Pickens v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- State v. DemastusWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- Sanford Thomas v. Donald WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Kenneth Hawkman v. Robert Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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