Legal Opinion
Krist v. Smith
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided February 25, 1970No. 2549PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
In December, 1968, Gary Steven Krist abducted Miss Barbara Jane Mackle for ransom and buried her alive for eighty hours in a wooden box equipped with such amenities of living as an air pump and two vents, a battery-powered light and some food and water. Sentenced to life imprisonment after his conviction for kidnapping, he comes to the District Court complaining of the minuteness of his cell, the loneliness of life under maximum security conditions, the food served at Georgia State Prison and other objectionable conditions there.
Asserting that he is being cruelly,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Herman Jackson, Jr. v. James B. Godwin, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Hancock v. AveryDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1969
- Robert Courtney v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Bernard H. Tabor v. William H. Hardwick, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- James E. Sweet v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Director William D. LeekeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BoydMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Novak v. BetoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Winston Holloway v. Robert Gunnell, Warden, FciCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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