Legal Opinion
James Michael Davis v. Donald Wyrick
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1985No. 84-1636PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
James Michael Davis appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus. In support of his petition, Davis contends that (1) he was incompetent at the time of his trial; (2) the district court erred in refusing to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the competency issue; (3) he was deprived of due process by certain remarks made by the prosecutor at trial; (4) the evidence is insufficient to support his capital murder conviction; (5) the trial court’s bias deprived him of a fair trial; and (6) his conviction must be reversed because three…
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- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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