Legal Opinion
Robert G. Lamb v. Marvin Jernigan, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 1982No. 81-7468PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether jury instructions given at appellant’s state court trial violated his right to due process.
A. Facts
Appellant was tried for murder in Georgia Superior Court. Evidence introduced by the prosecution at trial established the following facts. At about midnight on a Saturday night in March 1978, security officers for a public housing project in Columbus, Georgia were contacted by a woman living in the apartment complex about a disturbance in the apartment directly above. When the officers arrived at her apartment they heard…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by123 opinions
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Connecticut v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- William Henry Hance v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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