Legal Opinion
J.B. Stoner v. Charles Graddick, Attorney General of Alabama and Freddie Smith, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 16, 1985No. 83-7535PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Per curiam
J.B. Stoner appeals an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S. C.A. § 2254 (West 1977).
On June 29, 1958, a bomb exploded near the Bethel Baptist Church in a residential area of Birmingham, Alabama. The bomb damaged the church and nearby residences, but caused no injuries. In September, 1977, over 19 years later, the State of Alabama extradicted Stoner from Georgia and indicted him for unlawfully setting off or exploding dynamite dangerously near a dwelling house. In 1980, Stoner was tried by a…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- United States v. CastellanoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
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