Legal Opinion
James Messer, Jr. v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 30, 1987No. 86-8506PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
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On February 13, 1979, eight-year-old Rhonda Tanner of Cedartown, Georgia, did not return home after school. Her mother became worried and drove to the school to look for her. At the school, the principal told Mrs. Tanner that a man identifying himself as Rhonda’s uncle had taken Rhonda home earlier in the afternoon, claiming that her father had been injured on the job and that her mother had asked him to pick her up after school. The police were notified that Rhonda was missing.
The next day, various family members conducted an extensive search for Rhonda. After one of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Willie Clisby, Cross-Appellant v. Charlie Jones, Warden, Holman Unit, Alabama Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Varnall Weeks v. Charlie E. Jones, Warden, Holman State Prison, James H. Evans, Attorney General for the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Norman Darnell Baxter v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- Thomas Knight A/k/a, Askari Abdullah Muhammad v. Richard L. Dugger and Tom BartonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- State v. HarrisWashington Supreme Court · 1990
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