Legal Opinion
Arthur D. Rutherford v. James Crosby
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 2004No. 03-13188PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Arthur D. Rutherford told a friend that he planned to rob and murder a woman, bragging that he “wouldn’t do the time but he was damn sure gonna do the crime.” He carried out the first part of his boast when he brutally murdered a widow who lived alone; he could not pull off the second part, and since 1986 he has been doing the time for that crime on death row. The bottom line question in this ■ appeal is whether the death sentence imposed upon Rutherford by a Florida court can be carried out without violating the Constitution. The answer is that it can be.
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2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- O'Sullivan v. BoerckelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by248 opinions
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