Legal Opinion
Woods v. Anderson
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided February 2, 2004No. IP99-0520-C-M/SPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY DISCUSSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
McKINNEY, Chief Judge.
Petitioner David Leon Woods was convicted in an Indiana state court of the murder and robbery of Juan Placencia. For the murder, Woods was sentenced to death. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus.
For the reasons explained in this Entry, Woods’ petition must be denied.
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Woods’ convictions were affirmed on direct appeal in Woods v. State, 547 N.E.2d 772 (Ind.1989) (Woods I). He was sentenced to death for the murder and to a separate 50-year sentence for the robbery. The sentence of death was affirmed in the direct appeal,…
2Cases cited114 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by3 opinions
- David Leon Woods v. Daniel R. McBride SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Woods v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
- Woods, David L. v. McBride, DanielCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005