Legal Opinion
William T. Boliek v. Michael Bowersox, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1996No. 96-1031PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
The Superintendent of the Potosí Correctional Center appeals from the District Court’s order granting William Theodore Bo-liek’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.
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In August 1983, Boliek was sharing a home in Kansas City, Missouri, with Don Anderson, Vernon Wait, and Jill Harless, who was Boliek’s flaneé. One evening, the petitioner, Anderson, Wait, and Jody Harless, Jill’s sister, robbed the home of Stan Gray, a drug dealer and gang member. Following the robbery, Boliek and Wait discussed the need to “get rid of witnesses” to the crime, including…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- David Lee Starr v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Samuel v. Pruett, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Belmar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
- McGehee v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Tokar v. BowersoxDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1998
- Gardner v. NorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1996
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