Legal Opinion
Charlie Young, Jr. v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Joseph H. Briley, District Attorney of Ocmulgee Circuit
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 1985No. 84-8408PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Young’s habeas corpus death penalty petition appears for a second time in this court. Young maintains that the district court’s initial judgment, Young v. Zant, 506 F.Supp. 274 (M.D.Ga.1980)— holding that there was insufficient evidence to support the death sentence, i.e., insufficient evidence to prove the alleged statutory aggravating factors beyond a reasonable doubt as required by the Georgia death penalty statute, Ga.Code Ann. § 17-10-30(c) — bars the state under the Double Jeopardy Clause from seeking the death penalty in its current…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Tibbs v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Dell v. StraubDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2002
- David Ross Delap, Sr. v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Harrison Fagan v. Odie Washington, Warden, and Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Robert Franklin Godfrey, Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Bernard J. Fitzpatrick v. Jack McCormick Warden of the Montana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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