Legal Opinion
William Boyd Tucker v. Ralph Kemp, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 1985No. 83-8137PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:
William Boyd Tucker was tried in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, for the August 1977 murder of Kathleen Perry. He was convicted of murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and robbery by intimidation. The jury sentenced Tucker to death for the murder and lesser terms for the other crimes. His convictions and sentences were affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court and a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court was denied. Tucker v. State, 244 Ga. 721, 261 S.E.2d 635 (1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 972, 100 S.Ct. 1666,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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