Legal Opinion
Magwood v. Smith
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 26, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-H-760-NPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HOBBS, Chief Judge.
This cause is now before the Court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Billy Joe Magwood on July 20, 1983, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 Petitioner was convicted of the murder of the sheriff of Coffee County, Alabama and sentenced by the Circuit Court of Coffee County, Alabama to the penalty of death by electrocution. In his petition for writ of habeas corpus and supplemental brief in support thereof, petitioner asserts a total of nine grounds for the granting of said writ. The Court has concluded that eight of these grounds are…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- 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 by17 opinions
- Magwood v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
- Magwood v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- In Re: Billy Joe MagwoodCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
- Magwood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
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