Legal Opinion
Young v. Zant
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided December 5, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-100-AthPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
WILBUR D. OWENS, Jr., Chief Judge.
Petitioner in the above styled action seeks federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. Petitioner is presently under a death sentence imposed by the Superior Court of Greene County, Georgia, following his conviction by jury in that court on February 19,1976 of murder, armed robbery, and robbery by intimidation. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 636(b)(1)(B), the petition was referred to United States Magistrate John D. Carey, who on August 7, 1980 entered proposed findings of fact and recommendations for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Faraga v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. WoodUtah Supreme Court · 1982
- Goff v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
- Charlie Young, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Charlie Young, Jr. v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Joseph H. Briley, District Attorney of Ocmulgee CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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