Legal Opinion
Eddie Lee Jefferson v. Ronald Fountain
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 2004No. 02-16059PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
The State of Georgia, through Warden Ronald Fountain, appeals the district court’s grant of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to Eddie Lee Jefferson, a state prisoner convicted of rape and related crimes in Turner County, Georgia. The district court granted that relief based on Jefferson’s claim that his counsel in the state trial was ineffective for failing to file a motion to suppress evidence arising out of an allegedly illegal stop and arrest. The procedural twists and turns of this case and the legal issues it brings us are unusual.
Jefferson was convicted…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- United States v. DelancyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- United States v. Eric VirdenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- United States v. Jerrell HeathCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- United States v. Ivan CurbeloCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
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