Legal Opinion
Bob Edward Lancaster v. Lanson Newsome
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 1989No. 88-8347PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Bob Edward Lancaster, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief. Lancaster was found guilty of murder in the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, in June of 1982, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Lancaster v. State, 250 Ga. 871, 301 S.E.2d 882 (1983).
After three unsuccessful attempts to obtain a writ of habeas corpus in state court, Lancaster filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254. Petitioner,…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by37 opinions
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