Legal Opinion
Wilburn Dobbs v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 25, 1991No. 90-8352PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
In this capital case, we affirm the district •court’s denial of habeas corpus relief.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On December 14, 1973, Wilburn Dobbs, the appellant, and two other men robbed Roy Sizemore’s grocery store. During the armed robbery, Dobbs shot and killed Sizemore. 1 On May 22, 1974, a jury in the Superior Court of Walker County, Georgia, convicted Dobbs on two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of armed robbery, and one count of murder. That court sentenced Dobbs to death for the murder conviction. Dobbs appealed the convictions and the death sentence to the Georgia Supreme…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Johnson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Turner v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. LovingCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 1994
- Dobbs v. TurpinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Dobbs v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. Rex Henley, Rafael Bustamante, Willie McGowan and Garey WestCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Nicholas Lee Ingram v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
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