Legal Opinion
Elroy Preston v. Paul K. Delo, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1997No. 95-3652PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Elroy Preston, a Missouri inmate sentenced to death, appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. We affirm.
I
After a day of drinking and arguing at the home of Ervin Preston on September 20, 1980, Willie “Pee Wee” Richardson and Betty Klein went upstairs to bed, while Ervin, his brother Elroy Preston, and Elroy’s girlfriend, Sherry Brown; remained downstairs. In the early morning hours of September 21, Elroy Preston went upstairs and ordered Richardson and Klein to go back downstairs.' When they were downstairs, Preston announced that he…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by31 opinions
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