Legal Opinion
Douglas W. Thompson v. Carl White, Superintendent, Missouri Training Center for Men
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1981No. 81-1092PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Douglas W. Thompson, a Missouri state prisoner, appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his habeas corpus petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He contends that he was denied a fair trial because of the jury selection technique used in his 1966 conviction by a Mississippi County, Missouri, court. 2 We reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for a new trial.
In 1961, Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the March 10, 1961, shooting death of a Cape Girardeau, Missouri, policeman. 3 After an unsuccessful direct appeal of his conviction,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Ellis Eaton, Jr. v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- John Mills, Jr. v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- William R. Cody v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Mark Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Douglas Wayne Thompson v. Missouri Board of Parole and United States Attorney, Minneapolis, MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Victor Paul Anderson v. Gerard Frey, Superintendent of Missouri Eastern Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- State v. CodySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
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