Legal Opinion
Birt v. Montgomery
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided February 16, 1982No. Civ. A. 681-24PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BOWEN, District Judge.
On December 23, 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Reid Oliver Fleming, Sr., two elderly citizens of Wrens, Georgia, were found strangled to death in the bedroom of their rural home. After investigation, Billy Sunday Birt, the petitioner, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury for the following offenses relating to the death of the Flemings: burglary, two counts of armed robbery and two counts of murder. Petitioner was convicted of these offenses on June 28, 1975 after a six day jury trial in the Superi- or Court of Jefferson County. He received a twenty year sentence for the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Billy Sunday Birt v. Charles N. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Billy Sunday Birt v. Charles N. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- State v. Berry, 2006ca060035 (8-6-2007)Ohio Court of Appeals · 2007
- Billy Sunday Birt v. Charles N. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Billy Sunday Birt v. Charles N. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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