Legal Opinion
Michael Lindsey v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, J.D. White, Warden Holman Unit
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 12, 1987No. 86-7162PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Michael Lindsey, an Alabama prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the denial by the district court of his petition for habeas corpus. The district court denied relief on grounds that several of appellant’s claims are procedurally barred and that the remaining claims are without merit. We conclude that appellant has not demonstrated that he is entitled to habeas relief. Accordingly, we affirm.1
I. BACKGROUND
Appellant was convicted in 1982 for the December 1981 murder of Rosemary Rut-land, a 63-year-old widow. Mrs. Rutland was killed in her home by stabbing and a…
2Cases cited95 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by113 opinions
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- Willie Clisby, Cross-Appellant v. Charlie Jones, Warden, Holman Unit, Alabama Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Emerson Pinkney v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
- Sims v. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Francis Ordean Reese v. Thomas A. FulcomerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
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