Legal Opinion
Donald Henry Davis v. Maurice Sigler, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1969No. 19319_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
Donald Henry Davis, born January 15, 1948, and now a Nebraska State prisoner, appeals in forma pauperis from the denial of his application for a writ of habe-as corpus. The certificate of probable cause, required by 28 U.S.C. § 2253, was issued by the district court.
Davis, on his plea of not guilty in the District Court for Douglas County, Nebraska, was convicted by a jury in 1965 of murder in the first degree (killing in the perpetration of a robbery). Neb. R.R.S. 1943 § 28-401 (1964). He received a life sentence. On appeal the judgment of conviction was affirmed.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Roberts v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Jay Randall Wolfs v. R. G. Britton, Superintendent, Tucker Unit, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Robert C. Harris v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Carey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Ewather Hall v. Charles L. Wolff, Jr., Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Clarence Simpson, Jr. v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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