Legal Opinion
Floyd Delorace Pope v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1968No. 19005_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Pope, a state prisoner, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the federal district court. Pope was originally convicted of first degree robbery, a violation of V.A. M.S. § 560.120, in the Circuit Court, City of St. Louis, Missouri. This conviction was affirmed in State v. Pope, 364 S.W.2d 564 (Mo. 1963). In 1964, under Missouri Supreme Court Rule 27.26, the petitioner sought to vacate the judgment and sentence on the grounds of (1) the prosecution’s alleged use of perjured testimony and (2) an unlawful arrest and illegal search and seizure…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Adams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Roy C. Reynolds v. James Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- James Thomas Frazier v. Ralph Roberts, Superintendent of the Cummins Farm Unit of the Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- United States of America Ex Rel. Frank Chambers v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- McCrary v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
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