Legal Opinion
Fatir v. Thomas
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 13, 2000No. Civ.A. 97-79 GMSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SLEET, District Judge.
On December 24, 1996, Petitioner Amir Fatir (“Fatir”) filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 As discussed more fully below, Fatir challenges the constitutionality of (1) the statute pursuant to which he was sentenced, 11 Del.C. § 4209; (2) the manner in which the Delaware Supreme Court com strued § 4209; and (3) the procedures pursuant to which he was resentenced after a portion of § 4209 was found to be unconstitutional. For the reasons that follow, the court will deny Fatir’s petition.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1976, after a…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by3 opinions
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