Legal Opinion
Eric Adam Schneider v. Paul Delo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1996No. 95-2969PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
Eric Adam Schneider, who is under sentence of death for the murders of Richard Schwendemann and Ronald Thompson, appeals from the District Court’s 1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus. We affirm.
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In order to place Schneider’s legal arguments in context, we begin by briefly summarizing the facts of the crime. 2
On January 7, 1985, Schneider and two friends, David Morgan and Charles Palmer, visited the home of Roland Johnson. While there, Schneider, who was carrying a sawed-off .22 caliber rifle, said that he “had to do a job or rob somebody.” On January 11,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Zink v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2009
- Glennon Paul Sweet v. Paul Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Donald Beardslee v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Michael Emerson CORRELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Terry L. STEWART, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Dennis Emerson, Cross-Appellee v. Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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