Legal Opinion
Maurice Oscar Byrd v. Paul Delo, Superintendent, State Correctional Facility at Potosi, and Attorney General of the State of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1991No. 90-1491PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
In this death-penalty case from Missouri, we have before us what is in effect a third petition for habeas corpus. Petitioner, Maurice Oscar Byrd, claims that a legal development occurring after the dismissal of his second petition opens up some of his federal constitutional claims for review on the merits. The legal development in question is an order of the Supreme Court of Missouri, denying, without comment, Byrd’s original petition for habeas corpus under Mo.Sup.Ct.R. 91, an order that the Missouri Supreme Court later clarified by stating that its action had been…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Frank R. Nickerson v. T.A. Lee Attorney General of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
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