Legal Opinion
Ford v. Strickland
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 15, 1982No. 81-6200PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Alvin Bernard Ford was charged with shooting a wounded policeman in the back of the head at close range while fleeing from an armed robbery. Convicted of murder, Ford was sentenced to death in Florida. He appeals the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging essentially seven contentions: (1) improper admission of an oral confession; (2) failure of the Florida Supreme Court to require resentencing when it found three of the statutory aggravating circumstances unsupported by the evidence; (3) improper state trial court instructions on mitigating…
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3Cited by27 opinions
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