Legal Opinion
A. C. Park v. H. T. (Tommy) Huff
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1975No. 73-1897PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
Floyd Hoard was the Solicitor General (District Attorney) of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit of the State of Georgia. On the morning of August 7, 1967, by means of a dynamite bomb attached the previous night to the ignition system of his automobile, the Solicitor General was precipitately dispatched from this world. Among those soon indicted for murder in connection with this heinous occurrence was A. C. Park, the present habeas corpus appellant.
A jury in Jackson County convicted Park, with no recommendation for mercy. He was sentenced to death by electrocution. On appeal…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kwong Hai Chew v. ColdingSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Lutwak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- United States v. Thomas A. Warren, John L. Warren, Jr., Des. E. Schick and David DefinaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Augustin Alvarez, Oscar Hernandez, Mario C. Simon, Rolando Rios, Ramon Raymond, Eduardo Portal, Victoriano Concepcion, A/K/A "Macho"Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. John Edward Jones, A/K/A Liddy Jones, A/K/A Malik Shariff, United States of America v. Robert Avon Jones, A/K/A BobbyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
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