Legal Opinion
William Greg Thomas v. Attorney General, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 2015No. 13-14635PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
In this capital case, William Greg Thomas appeals from the district court’s denial of his federal habeas petition. In 1994, Thomas was sentenced to death by the Florida courts for the murder of his wife, which he orchestrated to avoid paying his part of a divorce settlement. After a series of unsuccessful attempts to pursue state postconviction remedies, Thomas eventually filed a federal habeas petition in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The district court held that Thomas’s petition was untimely, but that he was entitled to equitable…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Robertson v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
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