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Joseph James Blake v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic Center

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided July 13, 1984No. 81-7417PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

On February 14, 1976, Joseph James Blake was convicted after a jury trial in Chatham County, Georgia, of the murder of Tiffany Lowery, the two-year-old daughter of Blake’s girlfriend. He was sentenced to death. After pursuing various state remedies, 1 Blake sought federal habeas corpus relief in the district court. There, Blake claimed, inter alia, that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in the guilt phase of. his trial, because his lawyer, failed to develop or present his insanity defense, and in the sentencing-phase because his lawyer failed to present…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Murray Stein v. Reynolds Securities, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  4. Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Carson v. American Brands, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Joseph James Blake v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Joseph Wilson, Jr. v. Ralph Kemp, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  3. Puiatti v. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  4. Osterneck v. E.T. Barwick Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  5. Myles Osterneck, Cross-Appellees v. E.T. Barwick Industries, Inc., E.T. Barwick, M.E. Kellar, Cross-Appellee, Buford Talley, Cross- Ernst & Whinney, Cross-Appellant. Myles Osterneck v. E.T. Barwick Industries, Inc., Ernest & Whinney, Myles Osterneck, Cross-Appellants v. E.T. Barwick Industries, Inc., Melvin E. Kellar and Buford A. Talley, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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