Legal Opinion
Amadeo v. Zant
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1988No. 87-5277PublishedCited by 350 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
In considering petitioner’s motion for a writ of habeas corpus, the District Court concluded that petitioner successfully established cause for his failure to raise in the state trial court a constitutional challenge to the composition of the ju ries that indicted him, convicted him, and sentenced him to death. This case presents the question whether the factual findings upon which the District Court based its conclusion were clearly erroneous.
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Petitioner Tony B. Amadeo was convicted of murder and criminal attempt to commit theft in November 1977 in the Superior Court of Putnam County,…
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