Legal Opinion
John Elmer Woodards v. H. J. Cardwell, Warden, Ohio Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1970No. 19912PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the respondent-appellant, H. J. Cardwell, Warden, Ohio Penitentiary, who has custody of John Elmer Woodards, petitioner-appellee, a convicted murderer, who, following an evidentiary hearing in the District Court, has been granted a writ of habeas corpus.
In 1963 petitioner was convicted of first degree murder of a woman 83 years of age. The jury verdict was without a recommendation of mercy and under Ohio law, Ohio Revised Code § 2901.01, a mandatory death penalty was imposed. The conviction was affirmed, State v. Woodards, 6 Ohio St.2d 14, 215 N.E.2d…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Theodore R. Allen v. E. P. Perini, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by88 opinions
- State v. LandrumOhio Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. FinchWashington Supreme Court · 1999
- Eugene Williams Gall, Jr. v. Phil Parker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- State v. RicheyOhio Supreme Court · 1992
- James Edward Kennedy v. Harold J. Cardwell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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