Legal Opinion
Billy Sunday Birt v. Charles N. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 1984No. 82-8156PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. LANIER ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Billy Sunday Birt appeals the denial of his federal habeas corpus petition. That petition raised several constitutional challenges to Birt’s state court conviction. The district court denied Birt’s claims without conducting an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
I. FACTS
In January of 1975, a Jefferson County, Georgia, grand jury returned an indictment charging Birt and three others with two counts of murder, two counts of armed robbery, and one count of burglary. All of the charges related to the 1973 deaths of Reid and Lois Fleming.1 Some time thereafter, the…
2Cases cited59 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by113 opinions
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- United States v. Roy W. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Roy Wilson v. Barry MintzesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Johnny Lee Gates v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- O.P. Hollis v. J.O. Davis and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Court of Appeals, Bullock County, Criminal Courts, Union SpringsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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