Legal Opinion

Sanders v. Norris

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 16, 2008No. 07-1109, 07-2282PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is a habeas corpus case. An Arkansas jury convicted the petitioner, Corey Sanders, of two counts of capital murder and the trial judge sentenced him to two terms of life imprisonment without parole. The Supreme Court of Arkansas upheld his conviction on appeal, Sanders v. State, 340 Ark. 163, 8 S.W.3d 520 (2000), and rejected the claims that he made in post-conviction proceedings, Sanders v. State, 2003 WL 22351933 (Ark.2003). When the district court 1 denied the petition that Mr. Sanders filed for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, he appealed to us and then filed a…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  3. Dodd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. Bert MacArthur JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
  5. United States v. Ricardo MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012

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