Legal Opinion
Andrew Lee Wagster v. Roger T. Overberg
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1977No. 76-2506PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
The State of Ohio has appealed from an order of the District Court granting a writ of habeas corpus to the petitioner, Andrew Lee Wa'gster.
Wagster was convicted on January 15, 1970 by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, Ohio of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal to the Court of Appeals for the First Appellate District of Ohio, and his appeal to the Supreme Court of Ohio was dismissed sua sponte for lack of a substantial constitutional question. Wag-ster then filed a petition…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Carmine TramuntiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. JohnstonOhio Supreme Court · 1988
- United States v. Richard D. EnrightCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
- United States v. Paul O'DellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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