Legal Opinion
Burden v. Zant
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided July 12, 1988No. Civ. A. 88-6-3-MAC (WDO)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, Chief Judge:
On January 15, 1988, petitioner Jimmie Burden, Jr. filed this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition attacking his convictions in the Superior Court of Washington County, Georgia, on four counts of murder, and also attacking the three death sentences and one life sentence that he received for committing these offenses. Petitioner was represented by able counsel, Joseph M. Nursey, Esq. and Millard C. Farmer, Esq. Because of this representation, the court’s normal practice of appointing counsel was not necessary. The parties have thoroughly briefed the questions involved in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Burden v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Jimmie Burden, Jr. v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Jimmie Burden, Jr. v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Jimmie Burden, Jr. v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Jimmie Burden, Jr. v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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