Legal Opinion
John Washington Hightower v. William Terry
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2006No. 00-15807PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner John Washington Hightower is a Georgia prison inmate awaiting execution for murder.1 On August 6, 1999, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia denied his application for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and, on April 12, 2004, we affirmed its decision. Hightower v. Schofield, 365 F.3d 1008 (11th Cir.2005).2 Hightower thereafter petitioned the Supreme Court for certiorari review. One of the issues his petition raised was whether the state trial court erred in rejecting his claim that the prosecutor’s peremptory…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Miller-El v. DretkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Rice v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Blankenship v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Smulls v. RoperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
- Jeffery Lee v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Greene v. UptonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
- Wood v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
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