Legal Opinion
Gattis v. Snyder
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 25, 1999No. Civ.A. 97-619-RRMPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKELVIE, District Judge.
This is a habeas corpus case. Petitioner, Robert Allen Gattis, is a state prisoner incarcerated at the Delaware Correctional Center (“DCC”) in Smyrna, Delaware. Respondent, Robert Snyder, is the warden of the DCC. Gattis is contesting the constitutionality of his murder conviction and his death sentence.
On September 22, 1992, a jury in the New Castle County Superior Court of the State of Delaware convicted Gattis of first degree murder, first degree burglary, possession of a deadly weapon by a person prohibited, and two counts of possession of a deadly weapon…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Robert Allen Gattis v. Robert Snyder, Warden, Delaware Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- People v. HudsonIllinois Supreme Court · 2001
- Gattis v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2008
- Terry v. GillisDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
- Jones v. CarrollDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 2005
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