Legal Opinion

Dobbert v. Strickland

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided January 30, 1982No. 82-84-Civ-J-BPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

SUSAN H. BLACK, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody, filed herein on January 27, 1982, by petitioner Ernest John Dobbert, Jr. The following thirteen grounds are raised in the petition:

A. Insufficiency of the Evidence

B. Refusal to Consider Relevant Mitigating Circumstances

C. Striking Aggravating Circumstances

D. Refusal to Instruct Jury on a Lesser Included Offense

E. The Supreme Court of Florida’s Improper Ex Parte Consideration of Extra-Record Materials

F. Systematic Exclusion of Death Scrupled…

2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. StewartIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Ernest John Dobbert v. Charles G. Strickland, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  3. Barfield v. HarrisDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1982
  4. Songer v. WainwrightDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1983
  5. Dobbert v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984

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