MUNT v. GRANDLIENARD

No. 15-1499.

829 F.3d 610 (2016)

Joel Marvin MUNT, Petitioner-Appellant v. Kent GRANDLIENARD, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Marvin Munt , Minnesota Department of Corrections, Bayport, MN, Steven James Wright , Robert M. Christensen , P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Susan DeVos , Blue Earth County Attorney's Office, Mankato, MN, James Bennett Early , Assistant Attorney General, Matthew Frank , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Paul, MN, Patrick Raymond McDermott , County Attorney's Office, Mankato, MN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before SMITH and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges, and ERICKSON, District Judge.


Joel Marvin Munt was convicted by a jury in Minnesota state court of the shooting death of his ex-wife and of kidnaping his three children. Munt sought habeas relief in federal court, arguing that the state trial court violated the United States Constitution when it refused to strike a juror, identified by the initials B.S...

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