Legal Opinion
Jason Aaron Ivy v. Paul Caspari
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1999No. 98-2574PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
The State of Missouri appeals the district court’s 1 order granting Jason Aaron Ivy’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
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We summarize the facts as found by the district court. On April 14, 1988, Ivy, then age fifteen, shot and killed his stepsister, Susan Magruder, with a .22 caliber handgun. Earlier that night, Susan had played a practical joke on Ivy while he was sleeping. She woke him and told him that someone was breaking into his father’s truck. Ivy leaped from his bed and peered through the window to observe the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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