Legal Opinion
Fleming v. Kemp
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided June 25, 1986No. Civ. A. 86-50-VALPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, Chief Judge:
Petitioner Son H. Fleming was convicted on January 26, 1977, and sentenced to death for the murder of Edward Giddens, the police chief of Ray City, Georgia. He is scheduled to be executed on June 27, 1986, at 7:00 p.m. The Eleventh Circuit summarized the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of Chief Giddens as follows:
The murder of James Edward Giddens took place between 10:30 and 11:00 p.m. on February 11, 1976 near Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia. It was the last of a series of crimes committed that night by petitioner, Son H. Fleming, and his accomplices, Henry…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Oscar ClemonsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Son H. Fleming v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. BiaggiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1987
- Son H. Fleming v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988