SCOTT v. JONES

No. 89-2464WM.

915 F.2d 1188 (1990)

Arlester E. SCOTT, Appellant, v. Jim JONES and William L. Webster, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon L. Spangler, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Breck K. Burgess, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before ARNOLD and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Arlester Scott sought habeas relief by petition filed in March 1988 for redress of alleged errors in two successive trials for the same first degree robbery charge, each resulting in a 25-year sentence. The district court1 granted his petition on its first of seven points, double jeopardy. Scott v. Jones, 688 F.Supp. 510 (W.D.Mo.1988). A panel of this court...

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