Legal Opinion
John Lee Shaw v. Robert S. Boney, Warden, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of the State of Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 10, 1983No. 81-7136PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Per curiam
This case stems from a long and bitter feud between the Shaw family and Danny Ray. Tragically, the feud ended when John Shaw shot and killed Ray as Ray sat in his truck on a road bordering the Shaw farm. John Shaw subsequently was tried and convicted of first-degree murder in a Georgia state court. On appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld Shaw’s conviction. Shaw v. State, 241 Ga. 308, 245 S.E.2d 262 (1978). Shaw then commenced these habe as corpus proceedings in the district court. The district court denied relief. Shaw v. Stone, 506 F.Supp. 571 (M.D.Ga.1981). Shaw now appeals, raising…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Robert G. Lamb v. Marvin Jernigan, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Tolbert Dickson v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Johnny Lee Cronnon v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Hugo Tejada v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Henry Lee McCoy v. Lansom Newsome, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- William Lee Thompson v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter B. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Oscar Brown Boykins, Jr. v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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