Legal Opinion
McCorquodale v. Balkcom
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 31, 1983No. 82-8011PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Timothy Wesley McCorquodale was tried and convicted of first-degree murder by a jury in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia.1 The judge, acting upon the *1555jury’s recommendation of the death penalty, sentenced appellant to death. On direct appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence. McCorquodale v. State, 233 Ga. 369, 211 S.E.2d 577 (1974), cert. denied, 428 U.S. 910, 96 S.Ct. 3223, 49 L.Ed.2d 1218 (1976). Subsequently, a petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in state court, and the same was denied, McCorquodale v. Stynchcombe, 239…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- 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
- Aubrey Dennis Adams, Jr. v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- McCleskey v. ZantDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1984
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