Legal Opinion
Alvord v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided May 5, 1983No. 81-366 Civ-T-BKPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KRENTZMAN, Senior District Judge.
Gary Eldon Alvord, a Florida state prisoner under sentence of death for a triple murder, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, attacking his conviction and sentence on numerous grounds.
In 1970, petitioner was tried for kidnapping and rape in Michigan, found not guilty by reason of insanity, and committed to the custody of the Michigan Department of Mental Health. In January 1973, Alvord escaped from Michigan’s Ionia State Hospital and eventually came to Tampa, Florida. He was indicted on August 1, 1973 for the…
2Cases cited126 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Calvin Carlos Campbell v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Alvord v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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