Legal Opinion
Devier v. Zant
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 23, 1993No. Nos. 89-8628, 90-8571PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Darrell Gene Devier, Sr. brought a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 seeking collateral *1449relief from his convictions and sentence of death in Georgia state court for the murder and rape of Mary Frances Stoner. The district court granted the petition on the grounds that Devier had been unconstitutionally prejudiced by the introduction at his sentencing hearing of testimony concerning an unrelated, prior criminal offense that he allegedly committed, but for which he has neither been charged nor convicted. The State appeals from the district court’s order, and…
2Cases cited68 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by110 opinions
- James Randall Rogers, Cross-Appellee. v. Walter D. ZantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Steven Keith Hatch v. State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Robert A. Brecheen v. Dan Reynolds, Warden of the Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Bernard Bolender, A/K/A Bernard Bolander v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Billie Jerome Allen, United States of America v. Norris G. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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