Legal Opinion
Gerald Smith v. William Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1990No. 88-2359PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Gerald Smith is under sentence of death for the murder of Karen Roberts, which occurred in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1980. He brings this petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that both his conviction and his sentence violate the Constitution of the United States. The District Court 1 denied the petition. Smith v. Armontrout, 692 F.Supp. 1079 (W.D.Mo.1988). Smith appeals. In addition, after the appeal was filed, new court-appointed counsel filed a motion to remand the ease to the District Court, seeking to raise new contentions that had not been…
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