Legal Opinion
Lenson A. Hargrave v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 26, 1987No. 84-5102PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Lenson A. Hargrave, who was found guilty of first degree murder by a Florida jury and sentenced to death, presents three issues in this appeal from a federal district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus: (1) whether petitioner’s eighth amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment was violated (a) because the jury was not instructed that it could consider nonstatutory mitigating factors when rendering an advisory sentence, (b) because petitioner’s counsel believed that he was limited to the presentation of statutory mitigating…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
- Michael Lindsey v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, J.D. White, Warden Holman UnitCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Magill v. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Robert Dewey Glock v. Harry K. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- Hargrave v. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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