Legal Opinion
Magwood v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 4, 1986No. 85-7270PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Billy Joe Magwood, an Alabama state prisoner under sentence of death, petitioned the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging nine grounds for relief. The district court rejected eight of the alleged errors, but granted the writ because the state trial judge erroneously rejected two mitigating circumstances during the sentencing phase of trial. We affirm.
The facts of this case are straightforward and uncontested.1 On January 3, 1979, Billy Joe Magwood, a black male, was released from the Coffee…
2Cases cited59 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- 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
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by66 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
- Kevin Winston Osborn v. Duane Shillinger, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary A.G. McClintock the Attorney General of the State of WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- James Armando Card v. Richard L. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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