Legal Opinion
Wiggins v. Corcoran
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 19, 2001No. JFM-99-2420PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTZ, District Judge.
More than twelve years ago, the body of seventy-seven year old Florence Lacs was found in the bathtub of her garden apartment. The medical examiner determined the manner of death was homicide caused by drowning. Her car and credit cards were missing but later recovered in the possession of Kevin Wiggins.
Now before this Court is a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Wiggins, 1 who was sentenced to death by a jury after having been found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Lacs by the Honorable J. William Hinkle in a non-jury trial. Wiggins…
2Cases cited83 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Mason v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- Wiggins v. CorcoranCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
- Carlos Trevino v. Lorie Davis, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
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