Legal Opinion
Raulerson v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided June 24, 1980No. 79-267-Civ-J-WCPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CASTAGNA, District Judge.
James David Raulerson, an inmate at Florida State Prison in Starke, Florida, pe titions this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus that would invalidate the death sentence imposed upon him on August 20, 1975, by the Circuit Court in and for Duval County, Florida.
Statement of the Case
On April 27, 1975, in the aftermath of a rape and robbery committed by Petitioner at a Jacksonville restaurant, Officer Michael David Stewart was shot and killed. Petitioner was convicted of the first degree murder of that police officer by a jury in…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. WoodUtah Supreme Court · 1982
- United States v. Wilbert Brown, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Raulerson v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- James David Raulerson v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary of the Florida Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Raulerson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
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