Legal Opinion
Gerald Eaton v. Walter Capps, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1973No. 73-1585PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Following the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in Fur-man v. Georgia, 1972, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S. Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346, and companion cases, this court has consistently remanded habeas corpus appeal cases involving state prisoners under death sentence to the appropriate federal district courts with directions to grant the writ if the sentencing state court or the state custodial authorities should fail or refuse within a reasonable time to reduce the state prisoner’s death sentence to life imprisonment or a period of confinement not in excess…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Duncombe v. State of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Amos Marshall Arketa v. Lawrence E. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Rhea v. EdwardsDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1955
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Murray W. Miller, Cross-Appellee v. Transamerican Press, Inc., Cross-Appellants, and Sam Steiger, Deponent, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- State v. PastetSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Hooks v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1981
- Frazier v. DonelonDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1974
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