Legal Opinion
Percy Leo Dobard v. W.E. Johnson, Warden, Holman Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 1985No. 84-7281PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1982) a state prisoner may file a petition for habeas corpus in the federal judicial district in which he is in custody or in the district in which the court was held that convicted and sentenced him.1 The provision permitting fil*1505ing in the district of conviction and sentence was added by amendment in 1966.2
Petitioner is an Alabama death-sentenced prisoner who was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering a police officer. Because of pretrial publicity the venue for petitioner’s trial was transferred from the state court in the county of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial Dist., Santa Clara Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services AgencySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Grayson v. K Mart Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Green v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Gonzalez v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Luise M. Ross, as Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Sonya C. Ross, Deceased v. Colorado Outward Bound School, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- In Re: BETHESDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., PetitionerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
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