Legal Opinion
Earl Forrest v. Troy Steele
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 22, 2014No. 12-2888PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Earl Forrest was convicted of three counts of capital murder in Missouri state court and was sentenced to death. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence on direct appeal, see State v. Forrest (Forrest I), 183 S.W.3d 218, 232 (Mo.2006) (en banc), and later affirmed the denial of Forrest’s motion for post-conviction relief, see Forrest v. State (Forrest II), 290 S.W.3d 704, 718 (Mo. 2009) (en banc). The district court1 denied Forrest’s application for writ of habe-as corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, but granted a certificate of appealability on the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Shawn Shelton v. Terry MapesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
- Clifton Gabaree, Jr. v. Troy SteeleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
- Scott McLaughlin v. Anne PrecytheCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2021
- McLaughlin v. SteeleDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2016
- Shawn Rainer v. Wendy KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2017
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