Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Hopper
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided April 1, 1982No. Civ. A. CV478-132, CV478-162 and CV179-247PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
BOWEN, District Judge.
These three suits petition the Court for relief in the nature of habeas corpus. They were filed separately in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Each petitioner was convicted of murder and is now under sentence of death by electrocution; each petitioner challenges the constitutionality both of his conviction and of the sentence imposed. The three suits were not consolidated, but, because many issues raised were common to all three, they have been treated together at most phases of the litigation to conserve the time and resources of both the…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. BlackTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- William "Billy" Mitchell v. Ralph Kemp, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- James Lee Spencer v. Walter D. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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