Legal Opinion
Wainwright v. Goode
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 28, 1983No. 83-131PublishedCited by 466 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner, the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, requests review of a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ordering the District Court for the Middle District of Florida to issue a writ of habeas corpus conditional upon the resentencing of respondent. For the reasons set out below, we reverse.
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On March 5, 1976, respondent, Arthur Goode, took a 10-year-old boy (“Jason”) from a school bus stop in Florida, sexually assaulted him, and strangled him with a belt. Respondent then went to Maryland where he had previously escaped from a mental…
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