Legal Opinion
Joseph Carl Shaw v. Joseph R. Martin, Warden, Central Correctional Institution, and Hon. Daniel R. McCleod Attorney General for South Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1980No. 79-6819PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
This matter came before me at 8:00 A.M. on December 13, 1979, on the application of Joseph Carl Shaw for an order staying execution of the death sentence imposed upon him by the State of South Carolina and scheduled for 5:00 A.M., December 14, 1979. For reasons that follow I decided to grant the stay on certain conditions looking to the expeditious pursuit by Shaw of traditional avenues of post-conviction review in state and federal courts that have not yet been exhausted and that would otherwise be foreclosed.
The application was made to me as a single…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rosenberg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Evans v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Joseph Carl Shaw v. Joseph R. Martin, Warden, Central Correctional Institution, and Hon. Daniel R. McLeod Attorney General for South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Ernest John Dobbert v. Charles E. Strickland, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Williams v. VaughnDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
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