Legal Opinion
Gerald Smith v. William Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1988No. 88-2359PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal concerns Gerald Smith, who is under sentence of death for capital murder in Missouri. The sentence is presently scheduled to be carried out on October 4, 1988, at 12:01 a.m. No stay of execution is presently in effect.
The case comes before us on a notice of appeal filed by Smith’s court-appointed counsel, Eugene G. Bushmann, Esq. We are treating this notice as an application for certificate of probable cause. See Fed. R.App.P. 22(b). In the meantime, Smith himself has written the Clerk of this Court to say that the filing of the notice of appeal was unauthorized, that he wants the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Tafero v. DuggerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Smith v. ArmontroutDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1988
- Gerald Smith v. William ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
3Cited by24 opinions
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- Jonas H. Whitmore v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Ricky Ray Rector v. Steve Clark, Attorney General, State of Arkansas And, A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Gerald Smith v. William ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
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