Legal Opinion
Charles Cobb v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1980No. 78-3005PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial of a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to vacate and set aside a verdict rendered against Charles Elwood Cobb in Florida state court.
In October, 1970, a jury found Cobb and his two co-defendants guilty of two counts each of first-degree murder. The jury did not recommend mercy. Cobb was given a sentence of death in the electric chair, which was later modified under Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), to life imprisonment. Anderson v. Florida, 267 So.2d 8 (Fla.1972). Cobb’s conviction was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by53 opinions
- William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- William Henry Hance v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Coleman v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- Frederick Kirkpatrick, Etc. v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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