Legal Opinion
David Piercy v. Robert F. Parratt, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1978No. 78-1241PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This state prisoner action for federal ha-beas corpus is here by virtue of the certificate of probable cause issued by this court on April 3, 1978. The proceedings antedating the advent of the action in this court will be discussed to the extent essential to a proper understanding of the issue we are required to resolve.
The appellant, David Piercy, was convicted of burglary in a Nebraska state court on March 29, 1971, and was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of five years. In February, 1973, his appeal from the burglary conviction was dismissed by the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Richard Lee Davidson and Walter Vernon Thomas v. Warden J. H. Klinger, California Men's Colony, and Warden A. L. Oliver, Folsom PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Wardell N. Smith v. Warden Charles Wolff, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Hartmann v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Mancil Wallace v. Jack Duckworth and Indiana Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Diamond v. WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Piercy v. ParrattNebraska Supreme Court · 1979
- United States ex rel. Diamond v. WyrickDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1984
- Moore v. FulcomerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
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