HENRY

v.

ZIMMERMAN, SUPERINTENDENT, STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION CENTER AT GRATERFORD, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Hiland, 909 F.2d 1114 (8th Cir. 1990)
  …s verdict is not sufficient to require reversal when the jury has been instructed that it must reach a unanimous verdict.” Berrisford v. Wood, 826 F. 2d 747, 754 (8th Cir.1987) (quoting Fryer v. Nix, 775 F. 2d 979, 992 (8th Cir.1985)), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1016, 108 S.Ct. 722, 98 L.Ed.2d 671 (1988). Other courts have recognized a number of factors that may result in a genuine danger of jury confusion, necessitating a specific unanimity instruction. See, e.g., Duncan, 850 F. 2d at 1114. The only one of the…
• Carlson v. State of Minn., 945 F.2d 1026 (8th Cir. 1991)
  …, 106 S.Ct. 600, 88 L.Ed.2d 579 (1985). Even if this issue were properly before us, Carlson’s argument would fail. State law governs questions about the admissibility of evidence. Berrisford v. Wood, 826 F. 2d 747, 749 (8th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1016, 108 S.Ct. 722, 98 L.Ed.2d 671 (1988). We will reverse an evidentiary ruling only if the error infringes upon a specific federal constitutional right or is so grossly or conspicuously prejudicial that it fatally infected the trial and denied the de…
• Doyle J. Williams v. Armontrout, 891 F.2d 656 (8th Cir. 1989)
  …fundamental defect inherently resulting in a complete miscarriage of justice. See Cupp v. Naughten, 414 U.S. 141, 147, 149-50, 94 S.Ct. 396, 400, 401-02, 38 L.Ed.2d 368 (1973); Berrisford v. Wood, 826 F. 2d 747, 752-54 (8th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1016, 108 S.Ct. 722, 98 L.Ed.2d 671 (1988); Brouillette v. Wood, 636 F. 2d 215, 218-19 (8th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 1044, 101 S.Ct. 1766, 68 L.Ed.2d 243 (1981). See also State v. Daugherty, 631 S.W. 2d at 639-41. D. State Post-Conviction Proce…