Legal Opinion

Downs v. Dugger

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 9, 1987No. 71100PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

514 So.2d 1069 (1987)

Ernest Charles DOWNS, Petitioner,

v.

Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent.

No. 71100.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 9, 1987.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1987.

Maurice N. Nessen and Stephen N. Young of Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, New York City, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Doran and Elizabeth Masters, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

2Per curiam

Ernest Charles Downs, under sentence of death and the governor's death warrant, petitions this Court for extraordinary relief, writ of habeas corpus and stay of execution. We have…

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3Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Hitchcock v. DuggerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Downs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  5. Slater v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975

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4Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. HerringOhio Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Downs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  3. Larry Eugene Mann v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  4. Combs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  5. Armstrong v. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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