Legal Opinion
In Re: Billy Joe Magwood
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 1997No. 97-1141PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Billy Joe Magwood, an Alabama inmate convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, seeks permission to file a successive habeas corpus petition in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. We deny the application because Petitioner’s claims are barred under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2).
BACKGROUND
In 1981, Petitioner was convicted of murdering the sheriff of Coffee County, Alabama on March 1, 1979. Upon the jury’s recommendation and after a sentencing hearing, the Coffee County Circuit Court sentenced him to death by electrocution. On direct appeal, the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Felker v. TurpinSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Gary Graham, Now Known as Shaka Sankofa v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
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