Legal Opinion
Booker v. Singletary
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 1996No. 18-14332PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
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In the previous appeal in this case, we affirmed the district court’s issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994), setting aside the death sentence that the petitioner received following his conviction for first degree murder in Florida state court. Booker v. Dugger, 922 F.2d 633 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 900, 112 S.Ct. 277, 116 L.Ed.2d 228 (1991). The writ issued because petitioner’s sentence had been imposed in violation of Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987) (applying Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- O'NEAL v. McAninchSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Brenda Griffin Toole, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Sims v. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Thomas D. Arthur v. Kim Tobias ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Phelps v. AlameidaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Cary Michael Lambrix v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
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