Legal Opinion
McCleskey v. Zant
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 1, 1984No. Civ. A. C81-2434APublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OF THE COURT
FORRESTER, District Judge.
Petitioner Warren McCleskey was convicted of two counts of armed robbery and one count of malice murder in the Superior Court of Fulton County on October 12, 1978. The court sentenced McCleskey to death on the murder charge and to consecutive life sentences, to run after the death sentence, on the two armed robbery charges. On automatic appeal to the Supreme Court of Georgia the convictions and the sentences were affirmed. McClesky v. State, 245 Ga. 108, 263 S.E.2d 146 (1980). The Supreme Court of the United States denied McCleskey’s petition for a…
2Cases cited91 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by39 opinions
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Warren McCleskey Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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